James Yonge
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1647 – 1721
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Who was James Yonge?
James Yonge was a naval surgeon from Plymouth, England.
The son of a Plymouth surgeon, Yonge went to sea with the Royal Navy as an apprentice surgeon as a young boy. Later he went on several voyages with the Newfoundland fishing fleets. In his twenties he set up in practice in Plymouth and over the years became prosperous.
Yonge was elected Fellow of the Royal Society and Mayor of Plymouth. He wrote medical text books and a journal of his life.
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