Sir Everard Home, 1st Baronet FRS (1756-1832 ) British surgeon. Home was born in Kingston-upon-Hull and educated at Westminster School. He gained a schoalrship to Trinity College, Cambridge, but decided instead to become a pupil of his brother-in-law, John Hunter, at St George's Hospital. Hunter had married his sister, the poet and socialite Anne Home, in July 1771. He assisted Hunter in many of his anatomical investigations, and in the autumn of 1776 he partly described Hunter's collection. There is also considerable evidence that Home plagiarized Hunter's work, sometimes directly, sometimes indirectly; he also systematically destroyed his brother-in-law's papers in order to hide evidence of this plagiarism. Having qualified at Surgeons' Hall in 1778, Home was appointed assistant surgeon at the naval hospital, Plymouth. In 1787 he appointed assistant surgeon, later surgeon, at St George's Hospital. He became Sergeant Surgeon to the King in 1808 and Surgeon at Chelsea Hospital in 1821. He was made a baronet (of Well Manor in the County of Southampton) in 1813. He was the first to describe the fossil creature (later 'Ichthyosaur') discovered near Lyme Regis by Joseph Anning and Mary Anning in 1812. Following John Hunter, he initially suggested it had affinities with fish. Home also did some of the earliest studies on the anatomy of platypus and noted that it was not viviparous, theorizing that it was instead ovoviviparous. Home published prolifically on human and animal anatomy. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1787, gave their Croonian Lecture many times between 1793 and 1829 and received their Copley Medal in 1807. ALS, Richmond, Feb. 5, no yr, 4pp, to [Colonel] Wilson. Approx. 7-1/4 x 9". Usual folds. Starting to separate at middle horizontal fold else very good condition. Thanking Wilson for his suggestions for William about what things were required to order and advice. Home did not want to rely on trades people. Knows Grantham but wants to get William recommended by other means. Sorry Wilson had to use Calomel [medicine] -" worse in its effects than the disease". Has bad eyes. Does Wilson want to get rid of the chest he had in India to Home. Scarce medical autograph.

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