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John Hall (1575 – 25 November 1635) was a physician and son-in-law of William Shakespeare. Life [ edit ] He was born at Carlton, Bedfordshire and studied at Queens' College, Cambridge from 1589, receiving a B.A. in 1593 and an M.A. in 1597. [1]
Joseph H. Shakespeare's Son-in-Law: John Hall, Man and Physician, 1976. Originally published in 1964, the four hundredth anniversary of Shakespeare's birth. (Cooke's translation of the case-book, with informative introductory chapters)
John Hall (1575-1635) was a physician working in Stratford-upon-Avon in the early 1600s. Physicians at this time were the highest rank of the medical profession, distinguished by their university education. John Hall attended Queen’s College, Cambridge in 1589.
John Hall matriculated at Queens’ College Cambridge in the Michaelmas Term 1589, graduated B.A. in 1593/4, and M.A. 1597 (as Hale). He married Susanna, daughter of the playwright William Shakespeare, 1607 June 5. He became a successful physician, practising around Stratford-upon-Avon, and kept case notes.
Nov 5, 2015 · Summary. John Hall, William Shakespeare's son-in-law, is seldom considered in his own right, and when he is the results are often contradictory. He may have been a highly qualified physician, or an unqualified empiric; a radical Paracelsian, or a conservative Galenist in education and practice, or ahead of his time; a Puritan with no sympathy ...
Shakespearian scholars are more aware than are physicians at large that Shakespeare's son-in-law, John Hall, was a physician. The significance of this fact and its implication in some of Shakespeare's later plays are called to our attention most clearly in Harriet Joseph's scholarly discourse on John Hall, Man and Physician who was in very fact ...
John Hall. William Shakespeare. The name of Dr John Hall is familiar to students of Shakespeare but less well known to medical biographers. He was born in 1575 and studied at Queen's College, Cambridge, but had no English medical degree.
