Frederick Akbar Mahomed
Encyclopedia
Frederick Henry Horatio Akbar Mahomed (c. 1849-1884) was an internationally known British
physician
from Brighton
, England
, in the late 19th century.
. At the turn of the 19th century, they moved from Ireland
to Brighton
, England
, where they had five children: Rosanna, Henry, Horatio, Frederick, and Arthur.
Frederick Akbar Mahomed's father, Frederick Mahomed, was a proprietor of Turkish baths at Brighton. He also ran a boxing
and fencing
academy near Brighton.
in London
, made substantial contributions to the study of high blood pressure
during his short professional career from 1872 to 1884, when he died at the age of 35. Michael F. O'Rourke summarizes the contributions of Frederick Akbar Mahomed as follows:
United Kingdom
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physician
Physician
A physician is a health care provider who practices the profession of medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, injury and other physical and mental impairments...
from Brighton
Brighton
Brighton is the major part of the city of Brighton and Hove in East Sussex, England on the south coast of Great Britain...
, England
England
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, in the late 19th century.
Family
Frederick Akbar Mahomed's grandfather was the Bengali traveller Sake Dean Mahomed, while his grandmother Jane Daly was IrishIrish people
The Irish people are an ethnic group who originate in Ireland, an island in northwestern Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years , with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded having legends of being descended from groups such as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolg, Tuatha...
. At the turn of the 19th century, they moved from Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
to Brighton
Brighton
Brighton is the major part of the city of Brighton and Hove in East Sussex, England on the south coast of Great Britain...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, where they had five children: Rosanna, Henry, Horatio, Frederick, and Arthur.
Frederick Akbar Mahomed's father, Frederick Mahomed, was a proprietor of Turkish baths at Brighton. He also ran a boxing
Boxing
Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...
and fencing
Fencing
Fencing, which is also known as modern fencing to distinguish it from historical fencing, is a family of combat sports using bladed weapons.Fencing is one of four sports which have been featured at every one of the modern Olympic Games...
academy near Brighton.
Career
Frederick Akbar Mahomed, who worked at Guy's HospitalGuy's Hospital
Guy's Hospital is a large NHS hospital in the borough of Southwark in south east London, England. It is administratively a part of Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust. It is a large teaching hospital and is home to the King's College London School of Medicine...
in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, made substantial contributions to the study of high blood pressure
Hypertension
Hypertension or high blood pressure is a cardiac chronic medical condition in which the systemic arterial blood pressure is elevated. What that means is that the heart is having to work harder than it should to pump the blood around the body. Blood pressure involves two measurements, systolic and...
during his short professional career from 1872 to 1884, when he died at the age of 35. Michael F. O'Rourke summarizes the contributions of Frederick Akbar Mahomed as follows:
See also
- Sake Dean Mahomed