Charles Turner Thackrah, MRCS Eng; (1795, in

Leeds Leeds is a city in West Yorkshire, England. It is the largest settlement in Yorkshire and the administrative centre of the City of Leeds Metropolitan Borough, which is the second most populous district in the United Kingdom. It is built aro ...

– 1833) was an English surgeon. He was a pioneer in the field of

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and is known for his work ''The Effects of the Principal Arts, Trades, and Professions, and of Civic States and Habits of Living, on Health and Longevity''. He was a founder member of the

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. He died of

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in 1833, at the age of 38. A building was opened in his honour and given his name at the

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in around 2007. He is not to be confused with Charles Thackray who gave his name to the

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in Leeds.

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