Meade, Thomas Wilson, son of James Edward Meade FBA, Prof. of Political Economy, Univ. of Camb., and Elizabeth Margaret Meade BA, social worker, d. of Alexander Cowan Wilson, engineer; b. 21 Jan. 1936; adm. Sept. 1949; (KS) Capt. of the Sch. 1953; left July 1954; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1954, BA 1958, MA BM BCh 1960; MRCP 1964; FFCM 1973, FRCP 1979; DM (Oxon. ) 1980; FRS 1996; physician, Medical Research Council 1960-2001; dir. MRC Epidemiol. and Med. Care Unit, Northwick Park Hosp. 1970-2001; Prof. of Epidemiology, Barts Hosp. Med. Coll. 1992-2001; Prof. Emeritus, Lond. Sch. of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine 2001-16; Balzan Prize 1997; FMedSci 1998; Hon. DSc QMUL 2010; m. 23 June 1962 Helen Elizabeth Perks BSc, social worker; d. 24 Oct. 2022.
MEADE, CHRISTOPHER; b.; adm.; QS 1565-9 (Chapter Muniments 54006-18).
MEAD, ROBERT, son of Robert Mead, The Black Lion, Fleet Street, London, stationer; b. 1616; adm.; KS 1630; contributed some commendatory verses to the Poeticall Blossomes of Abraham Cowley (qv) 1633; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1634, matr. 1 Sep 1634, Westminster Student to expulsion by Parliamentary Visitors “upon statutable grounds” 1648 (Burrows, 329); BA 1638; MA 1641; MD 1646; Capt. in Royalist Army; distinguished himself at siege of Oxford and in assault on Abingdon; one of the Commissioners for negotiating the surrender of Oxford 17 May 1646; Agent for Charles II in Sweden 1649-51; his comedy, The Combat of Love and Friendship, written by him when an undergraduate, was acted at Christ Church but not published until 1654; d. 21 Feb 1652/3. DNB.
MEAD, ROBERT WILLIAM, son of Elisha Preston Mead MD MRCS LSA, Whitby, Yorks., and Catherine --- (IGI); b. 2 Jan 1858; adm. 12 Jun 1871 (G); QS 22 Jul 1872; left Dec 1874; MB CM Edinburgh 1879; MD 1882; St. Bartholomew’s Hospital; MRCS 1880; surgeon with P. & O. Steamship Co.; practised at Whitby, Yorks.; m. 3 Jun 1890 Alice Mary, only dau. of George James Rigg, Buckhurst Hill, Essex; d. 15 Dec 1926.
MEAD, RIVIS, brother of Robert William Mead (qv); b. 5 May 1860; adm. 26 Sep 1872 (G); QS 1875; left Dec 1877; MB CM Edinburgh 1882; Univ. Hospital, Edinburgh; MRCS 1883; Surgeon to Seaside Home, Whitby, Yorks.; emigrated to Australia; practised at Quirindi, New South Wales; d. at Waitara, New South Wales 1 Oct 1934.
MEAD, GRANTHAM; b.; adm. (aged 10) Jun 1737. [Perhaps Grantham Mead who m. 25 Mar 1747 Mary Ralph (IGI); and Grantham Mead, St. Saviour, Southwark, Surrey, will PCC 20 Jul 1787].
MEACHAM, JOHN, son of John Meacham, Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, surgeon, and Dinah Vaughton (IGI); b.; adm. 15 Jan 1781; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 8 Apr 1783, aged 18; some verses by him were printed in The Gentleman’s Magazine for Jun 1813; d. 1 Jun 1784.
McQuown, Frederic Richard, son of Frederic Charles McQuown and Dorothy Mabel, d. of James Alfred Billett; b. 4 Jan. 1907; adm. Jan. 1921 (R); left July 1925; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1925, BA 1928, MA 1933; called to the Bar (Gray's Inn) Nov. 1931; practised on South-Eastern circuit; PO (A & SD) RAFVR June 1940, transf. Tech. Branch Feb. 1941 (Flt Lieut.); author of several important books on gardening; d. 18 Mar. 1989.
MCOSCAR, JOHN, son of John McOscar MD LSA, Argyll Street, Regent Street, London; b. 28 Jan 1861; adm. 26 Jan 1872; left Christmas 1876; went to Univ. Coll. School; Middlesex Hospital; MRCS and LRCP 1889; medical practitioner successively in Woking, Surrey, and Buxton, Derbs.; d. 19 Mar 1930.