Stephen Wootton Bushell
| Stephen Wootton Bushell | |
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Portrait of Stephen Wootton Bushell (c. 1880–1890)
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| Born |
28 July 1844 Ash-next-Sandwich, Kent, England |
| Died |
19 September 1908 Harrow on the Hill, Middlesex, England |
| Residence | England China |
| Citizenship | United Kingdom |
| Known for | Books on Chinese art and Chinese ceramics |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Medicine |
Stephen Wootton Bushell CMG MD (28 July 1844 – 19 September 1908) was an English physician and amateur Orientalist who made important contributions to the study of Chinese ceramics, Chinese coins and the decipherment of the Tangut script.
Bushell was born in Ash-next-Sandwich in Kent, the second son of William Bushell and Sarah Frances Bushell (née Wooton). He was educated at Tunbridge Wells School and Chigwell School. His father owned a large farm, but as the second son he needed to seek a career outside farming, and so he studied medicine at Guy's Hospital Medical School), University of London, where he excelled, winning prizes and scholarships in Organic Chemistry and Materia Medica (scholarship and gold medal, 1864), Biology (scholarship, 1865), Geology and Palaeontology (first class honours, 1865), Medicine and Midwifery (first class honours, 1866), and Forensic Medicine (gold medal, 1866). After graduation in 1866, he worked as a house surgeon at Guy's Hospital, and then in 1867 he worked as a resident medical officer at Bethlem Royal Hospital. He was awarded the degree of Doctor of Medicine (MD) from the University of London on 13 May 1868.
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