David Edguard or Edwardes (
fl.
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1529 - 1532) was an English anatomist.
Life
Edwardes was educated first at Oxford and afterwards at Cambridge. He took an M.D. at Cambridge in 1529.
Works
He published two short works:
* 'De Indiciis et Præcognitionibus,’ London 1532, dedicated to
Henry Fitzroy, Duke of Richmond, by 'medicus suus.'
* 'Introductio ad Anatomicen' (same place and date), dedicated to
Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey
Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, KG (1516/1517–19 January 1547) was an English nobleman, politician and poet. He was one of the founders of English Renaissance poetry and was the last known person to have been executed at the insistence of King ...
. In the preface to this pamphlet Edguard promised a complete manual of anatomy, illustrated by the opinions of all the most learned men, but apparently he did not live to carry out his intention. Both works are dated from Cambridge 12 January 1532.
References
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English anatomists
Alumni of the University of Cambridge
Alumni of the University of Oxford
16th-century English writers
16th-century English male writers
English medical writers
Year of birth unknown
Year of death unknown
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