Pelham Warren (1778–1835) was an English physician. Pelham Warren Linnell

Life

Born in London, he was the ninth son of

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, physician to

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, by his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Peter Shaw;

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was his elder brother. He was educated at Dr. Thompson's school at

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and at

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. He went on to

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, matriculating in 1796. Warren graduated M.B. in 1800 and M.D. on 2 July 1805. He started a medical practice in London immediately after he had taken his first degree in medicine, and on 6 April 1803 was elected physician to St. George's Hospital, a post which he resigned in April 1816. His patients included

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and George William Lefevre. Admitted a candidate of the

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on 30 September 1805, Warren became a fellow 30 September 1806. He was censor in 1810, Harveian orator in 1826, and elect 11 August 1829. He was elected fellow of the

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on 8 April 1813. On 24 July 1830 he was gazetted physician extraordinary to

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, but he declined the honour. He enjoyed one of the largest practices in London, despite manners that were cold and abrupt. Warren died at Worting House, near

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, on 2 December 1835. He was buried in Worting church, where there was placed a tablet with an inscription by his friend

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. He left £100,000, and, according to

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, reckoned £30,000 of it was from treating

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Works

Warren's published work was his Harveian oration, in Latin: ''Oratio Harveiana prima in Novis ædibus Collegii habita Sext. Kalend. Jul. an. mdcccxxvi'', London, 1827, pp. 32, with a paper on headache in the ''Transactions'' of the Royal College of Physicians.

Family

Warren married on 3 May 1814, Penelope, daughter of

William Davies Shipley William Davies Shipley (5 October 1745 (OS) – 7 May 1826) was an Anglican priest who served as Dean of St Asaph for nearly 52 years, from 27 May 1774 until his death. In a legal cause célèbre which became known as the Case of the Dean of S ...

, who, with seven children, survived him.

Notes

;Attribution {{DEFAULTSORT:Warren, Pelham 1778 births 1835 deaths 19th-century English medical doctors Fellows of the Royal Society Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge