When Joseph Lister 1st Baron Lister, OM, PC, PRS, FRCS, FRS was born on 5 April 1827, in Upton, Essex, England, his father, Joseph Jackson Lister FRS FRMS, was 41 and his mother, Isabella Harris, was 33. He married Agnes Syme on 23 April 1856, in Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom. He lived in Marylebone, London, England, United Kingdom in 1891 and London, England, United Kingdom in 1912. He died on 10 February 1912, in Walmer, Kent, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 84, and was buried in Hampstead Cemetery, Hampstead, London, England, United Kingdom.
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Historical Boundaries: 1828: Sangamon, Illinois, United States
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English: occupational name for a dyer of cloth, Middle English li(te)ster, a derivative of Middle English lit(t)en (Old Norse lita) ‘to dye’. This term was used principally in East Anglia and northern and eastern England (areas of Scandinavian settlement), and to this day the surname is found principally in these regions, especially in Yorkshire.
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Possible Related NamesJoseph Lister was born in 1827 and trained at University College Hospital in botany, surgery and medicine. As a Quaker, it was the only university he was eligible to enter. After qualifying as a surge …
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