This biography is part of a series of historical obituaries, originally published in print. As products of their time
periods, some biographies contain language which is inappropriate and offensive and present biased accounts of physicians’ lives and work that do
not disclose unethical and discriminatory behaviour. As an establishment organisation, the RCP, its members, and the way they are written about,
have often reflected societal power structures that favour dominant groups. We aim to redress these biases through
ongoing work.
Below is the biography as originally published in 1878.
John Collet, M.D., was born in London, and on the 3rd September, 1729, being then twenty years of age, was entered on the physic line at Leyden, where he graduated doctor of medicine in 1731 (D.M.I. de Peste, 4to.). He was admitted an Extra-Licentiate of the College of Physicians 6th July, 1733, and settling at Newbury, practised there with distinguished reputation for nearly half a century. He died, universally regretted, on the 12th May, 1780. Dr. Collet was a dissenter, and his funeral sermon was preached in a Presbyterian chapel in Newbury.
William Munk
