Augustus Burke Shepherd FRCP (1839–1885) was a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians[1] who later became the dean of St. Mary's Hospital, Paddington.[2] Shepherd graduated from Brasenose College, Oxford with a B. Med. in 1865. He then became a doctor at St. Mary's, and was notable for delivering the Goulstonian Lectures in 1876.[1][2] His parents lived in St. Leonard's on Sea. He married Amelia Staines (later Amelia Jackson). Shepherd had a tendency to drink too much and died at the age of 46.[3][4]

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  1. 1 2 "Augustus Burke Shepherd". British Medical Journal. 2 (1284): 279–280. 8 August 1885. doi:10.1136/bmj.2.1284.279-b. ISSN 0007-1447. PMC 2308428.
  2. 1 2 "Obituary: Augustus Burke Shepherd". The Lancet. 129: 320. 15 August 1885.
  3. ↑ see Amelia Jackson Archived 9 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ "Augustus Burke Shepherd". Royal College of Physicians. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
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