John G. Millingen
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John Gideon Millingen (1782–1862) was a British army surgeon and author. He was the brother of James Millingen and an uncle of Julius Michael Millingen.
Biography
Born in Westminster to parents of Dutch descent, Millingen was educated in Paris where he achieved his medical degree. He became an assistant surgeon in the British Army in 1802, serving in the Peninsular War and won a medal at Waterloo and the surrender of Paris. He retired in 1823 and was appointed as a physician to the military asylum at Chatham and Hanwell. By 1836. he was living in Covent Garden, London.[1]
Works
- The Bee-hive (1818), a musical farce
- Ladies at Home, or Gentlemen, We Can Do Without You (1819)
- Sketches of Ancient and Modern Boulogne (1826) (Prose)
- Adventures of an Irish Gentleman, 3 vol. (1830)
- The Illustrious Stranger, or Married and Buried (1827)
- Who'll Lend Me a Wife? (1834)
- The Miser's Daughter (1835)
- Borrowed Feathers (1836)
- Curiosities of Medical Experience (1837)[2]
- Stories of Torres Vedras, 3 vol. (1839)[3]
- The History of Duelling (1841)
- Recollections of Republican France from 1790 to 1801 (1848)
Further reading
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References
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- 1782 births
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- British Army regimental surgeons
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- British Army personnel of the Napoleonic Wars
- Recipients of the Waterloo Medal
- British people of Dutch descent
- English people of Dutch-Jewish descent