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as secured to him the particular re- 

 gard and affection of the principal, 

 Air. Haywood, a teacher eminently 

 ilistinguished for his abilities and 

 scholastic acquirements. On the in- 

 stitution of the Warrington acade- 

 my, in the year 1737, under the di- 

 rection of the Rev. John Holt, and 

 the venerable Dr. Taylor, he was 

 enrolled the first student of that 

 well-known scniinary ; and after 

 prosecuting his studies there Avith 

 diligence and reputation for the 

 space of nearly four years, he re- 

 moved to the university of Edin- 

 burgh ; at which place he employed 

 the winters of i7Gl, 1762, and 1763, 

 in close application to the study of 

 physic. In farther pursuit of medi- 

 cal i!ii|)rovenicnt, he visited London 

 the following year; and during his 

 residence in that city, in the winter 

 of 1764, he had the opportunity 

 of pursuing, with greater intimacy, 

 a connection which had subsisted 

 for some time, w ith Hugh lord Wil- 

 Joughi)v,of Parham. Flaving, through 

 the medium of tiicir common friend, 

 the rev. John Seddon, of Warring- 

 ton, been honoured with the friend- 

 biiip of that excellent and accom- 

 plished nobleman, he became the 

 constant, companion of his walks, 

 and the familiar partaker of his 

 social and literary entertainments. 

 The warm attachment of his noble 

 patron, tlie uneoinmon advantages 

 he derived from iiis IVeedom of ac- 

 cess to a mansion which was the re- 

 port of the most celebrated literati 

 of tiie day, and (lie occasions there- 

 by all'orded of conciliating the es- 

 teem and confidence of persons of 

 the first consequence and rank ; all 

 conspired to suggest to him the re- 

 solution of living his residence in the 

 metropolis. Thiu project, however, 

 was relinquished on the sudden death 



of his highly. valued friend ; an 

 event which, to his latest moment, 

 he never recollected but with the 

 tendercst expressions of regret. 



During the course of this winter, 

 at an unusually early period of lite, 

 he was unanimously elected fellow 

 of the royal society of London. 

 Raving passed some lime at Paris, 

 Hamburgh, and various other places 

 on the continent, but especially 

 Leyden, at which university he gra- 

 duated M. D. in the year 1765, he 

 returned to his native town, where 

 he resided for a few months, a«d ou 

 the 24th of March, I766, he mar- 

 ried Elizabeth, only daughter of Na- 

 thaniel Bassnet, merchant, of Lon- 

 don ; a lady of excellent sense, un- 

 blemished wortli, and the most stu- 

 dious attention to every conjugal and 

 domestic duty. 



The theatre of his professional 

 practice now became the object of 

 his serious deliberation ; and, after 

 a variety of plans proposed and re- 

 jected, his choice was ultimately di- 

 rected to Manchester; in which 

 town he settled in the year 176'7, 

 and there continued, till his death, 

 in the unremitting exercise of his 

 profession. 



Of his eminence in that profes- 

 sion, little needs to be said. His 

 merits as a practitioner of physic, 

 and not less the benefits conferred 

 by him on medical science, are too 

 generally understood and confessed, 

 to require any minuteness of detail. 

 A quick penetration, a discriminating 

 judgment, a patient attention, a 

 comprehensive knowledge, and, 

 above all, a solemn sense of respon- 

 sibility, were the endowments which 

 so con.-pici!«usly fitted him at once 

 to discharge tlie duties, and to ex- 

 tend the boundaries, of the healing 

 art. HI1 external qualifications of 



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