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Husband: | Robert Wollaston (1801-1865) | |
Wife: | Catherine Ann Boghurst (1815-1870) | |
Marriage | 28 Sep 1858 | Broadwater By Worthing, Sussex |
Name: | Robert Wollaston | |
Sex: | Male | |
Father: | William Augustus Wollaston ( - ) | |
Mother: | Ann Mendes ( - ) | |
Birth | 29 Mar 1801 | Calcutta, West Bengal, India |
Baptism | 31 May 1801 (age 0) | Calcutta, West Bengal, India |
Census | 1841 (age 39-40) | Surgeon, High Road, Tottenham (no wife; 2 daughters in household) |
Census | 1861 (age 59-60) | Physician, Clifton Road, Wolverhampton |
Occupation | 1865 (age 63-64) | MD, of Gloucester Terrace, Hyde Park |
Death | 22 Aug 1865 (age 64) | Naples, Italy |
Burial | 1865 | Old Protestant Cemetery, Naples |
Member | Fellow of Royal College of Surgeons, London |
Name: | Catherine Ann Boghurst | |
Sex: | Female | |
Father: | Philip Boghurst (1786-1848) | |
Mother: | Elizabeth Gell (1791-1820) | |
Birth | 25 Oct 1815 | Broadwater, Sussex |
Baptism | 22 Dec 1815 (age 0) | Ashford, Kent |
Fact1 | 10 Jul 1829 (age 13) | Mentioned in will of grandfather, Francis Gell |
Census | 1841 (age 25-26) | Living with father |
Will | 8 May 1847 (age 31) | Mentioned in will of grandmother, Catherine Gell |
Death fact | 1870 (age 54-55) | 1870 Mar Qtr, St James Westminster, 1a/346 (aged 54) |
Death | 9 Mar 1870 (age 54) | 34 Sackville Street, Piccadilly, Middlesex |
Surgeon- Membership of the Royal College of Surgeons and Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons. Appointments at London Hospital and Guy's Hospital. Attached to the Scutari Hospital in the Crimean War.
Author of "A short description of the thermæ Romano-Britannicæ, or the Roman baths found in Italy", published in 1864.
Robert Wollaston (1801-65) published an important work on Roman baths, little known because in limited edition; but his drawings survive at the Victoria & Albert Museum and include 77 for Britain, which need proper study and evaluation. A list is provided.
Article: "Dr Robert Wollaston - a forgotten pioneer in the study of Roman mosaics", by Anthony J Beeson, MOSAIC, 16, 1989, 20-4ISSN 0286-9626
For burial record see: http://website.lineone.net/~stephaniebidmead/protnaplees.htm
19 June 1866. The Will of Robert Wollaston late of 62 Gloster Terrace Paddington in the County of Middlesex M.D. who died 22 August 1865 at Naples in Italy was proved at the Principal Registry by the oath of John Wollaston of 77 Basinghall Street in the City of London Gentleman the Brother one of the Executors. Effects under £4,000.
20 April 1870. The Will of Catherine Anne Wollaston formerly of 69 Pall Mall but late of 34 Sackville Street Piccadilly both in the County of Middlesex Widow deceased who died 9 March 1870 at 34 Sackville Street aforesaid was proved at the Principal Registry by the oaths of Elizabeth Gore (Wife of Henry John Gore) of Rosina Villier's Road Southsea in the County of Southampton and Laura Frances Henty (Wife of Edwin Henty) of Ferring in the County of Sussex the Sisters the Executrixes. Effects under £14,000.