Thomas Hinde

Doctor Thomas Hinde (July 10, 1737 - September 28, 1828) was Northern Kentucky's first physician.

Hinde was born in Oxfordshire, England in 1737. He studied physics and surgery under Dr. Thomas Brooke at Saint Thomas Hospital in London, and at the age of nineteen, his master presented him the Company of Surgeons for a license. Shortly after he received the Commission of Surgeons' Mate in the Royal Navy and sailed for America with the forces under the command of General Amherst. After landing in New York on June 10, 1757, he spent time at Halifax and Louisbourg. It was his good fortune to be attached to the ship which bore the commander in chief, General James Wolfe, on his way to Quebec. The General later died in Dr. Hinde's arms. This death has been painted and shows Dr. Hinde feeling the pulse of the wounded General.

In 1765 he settled in Virginia and was the personal physician to Patrick Henry. Hinde was Chief Surgeon, in 1775, for the "Gun Powder Expedition". He practiced medicine in Newport, Kentucky from the early 1800s until his death in 1828.

Hinde married Mary Todd Hubbard, the daughter of Benjamin Hubbard, an English merchant. They had eight children. His daughter, Ann Winston Hinde married Richard Southgate on July 30, 1799 in Newport, Kentucky.

External links

* [http://kentucky.gov/kyhs/hmdb/MarkerSearch.aspx?mode=County&county=19 Dr. Thomas Hinde Historical Marker]
* [http://www.rootsweb.com/~kycampbe/hindewill.htm Will of Dr. Thomas Hinde]
* [http://www.rootsweb.com/~kycampbe/thomashinde.htm Dr. Thomas Hinde]