Edward Mayhew
1808–68
Veterinary surgeon. MRCVS, London, 1845. Author and editor of works on veterinary science. Theatrical manager and author of farces. One of five brothers, three of whom were also involved in the theatre.
Sources
CDEL
Census returns of England and Wales 1861 (The National Archives: Public Record Office RG9/33/34/5)
England & Wales christening records, 1530–1906 (Ancestry.com, accessed 8 March 2016)
Modern English biography
Veterinarian 41 (1868) p. 810
Veterinary directory
Bibliography
CDEL: A critical dictionary of English literature, and British and American authors, living and deceased, from the earliest accounts to the middle of the nineteenth century … with forty indexes of subjects. By S. Austin Allibone. 3 vols. London: Trübner. Philadelphia: Childs & Peterson; J. B. Lippincott. 1859–71. A supplement to Allibone’s critical dictionary of English literature and British and American authors. Containing over thirty-seven thousand articles (authors), and enumerating over ninety-three thousand titles. By John Foster Kirk. 2 vols. Philadelphia and London: J. B. Lippincott. 1891.
Modern English biography: Modern English biography, containing many thousand concise memoirs of persons who have died since the year 1850. By Frederick Boase. 3 vols. and supplement (3 vols.). Truro, Cornwall: the author. 1892–1921.
Veterinary directory: The veterinary directory; or, annual register of the veterinary practitioners throughout the United Kingdom. Edinburgh: Thomas C. Jack. London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. 1861.
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