Researching John Hicks

In 1972 he received the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (jointly) for his pioneering contributions to general equilibrium theory and welfare theory.

He was born to Edward Hicks in Rye, Sussex. He was educated privately and in 1841 entered Guy's Hospital Medical School. He obtained his MB at the University of London in 1845 and an MD in 1851. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in 1866.

In 1856 he was appointed assistant obstetric physician at Guy's Hospital and full physician in 1868. In 1888 he became obstetric physician at St Mary's Hospital, London. Hicks was the first physician to describe the bipolar and other methods of the version of a fetus. In 1872, he described the uterine contractions not resulting in childbirth now known as Braxton Hicks contractions.

In 1862 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society by virtue of his interest in Natural History, about which he wrote numerous papers. He gave the Hunterian Oration to the Hunterian Society in 1868 and was elected their president for 1879.

Braxton Hicks is buried at St Thomas Church, Lymington, Hampshire. For a while, an obstetric ward at St Thomas' Hospital was named after him; Braxton Hicks ward is now closed.

He was the father of Athelstan Braxton Hicks (b 1854), Coroner.

After early experiences backing blues musicians, Hicks moved to New York in 1963. He was part of Art Blakey's band for two years, accompanied vocalist Betty Carter from 1965 to 1967, before joining Woody Herman's big band, where he stayed until 1970. Following these associations, Hicks expanded into freer bands, including those of trumpeters Charles Tolliver and Lester Bowie. He rejoined Carter in 1975; the five-year stay brought him more attention and helped to launch his recording career as a leader. He continued to play and record extensively in the United States and internationally. Under his own leadership, his recordings were mostly bebop-influenced, while those for other leaders continued to be in a diversity of styles, including multi-year associations with saxophonists Arthur Blythe, David Murray, David "Fathead" Newman, and Pharoah Sanders.

Hicks was born in York, and was a right-handed batsman, who played 21 first-class matches in total, scoring 423 runs at 13.21, with a best score of 66 against Surrey. A right arm fast bowler, he took three wickets at 23.33, all being taken against the United South of England Eleven. He also took thirteen catches.

Hicks in June 1912 in Holgate, York.

He was born in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, the son of Thomas Hicks and Ann Clarke, who were Quakers. In 1740, he married Elizabeth Russell. Hicks settled in King's County and served as a justice of the peace for Charlestown. In 1759, he travelled to Nova Scotia to investigate the availability of land for settlement there following the expulsion of the Acadians. In 1760, Hicks returned with his family, travelling with a group of Rhode Island planters. He was granted land in Falmouth Township where he served as a justice of the peace. Hicks moved to Granville Township in 1765. He was elected to the assembly in a 1768 by-election held after Henry Munroe resigned his seat. In 1772, he moved to Annapolis Township. Hicks operated a ferry across the Annapolis River between Granville and Annapolis townships. The settlement where he lived was first known as Hicks' Ferry but was later renamed Bridgetown. He died there at the age of 74.

He is an ancestor of the UK TV presenter Richard Madeley - and this family was an episode of the UK Who Do You Think You Are TV Series - Series 8, Episode 8, first aired 28 September 2011.

Hicks was born in Falmouth, Cornwall, to Grace (née George) and John Sampson Hicks. He attended Falmouth Grammar School before going on to the London Hospital Medical College, where he received his M.B. in 1888 and his M.D. in 1890. He worked as a surgeon and physician at London Hospital for a period, but in 1891 moved to Australia to take a position as resident medical officer in Roebourne, Western Australia (a remote town in the Pilbara region). At the 1901 state election, Hicks was elected to the seat of Roebourne, replacing the retiring Horace Sholl. He initially sat as an independent, but later aligned himself with the Ministerialist (or Liberal) faction that came to be led by Hector Rason.

When Rason became premier in August 1905, he appointed Hicks as Minister for Commerce and Labour in his new ministry. However, Rason resigned as premier in May 1906, and Hicks was not retained as a minister by the new premier, Newton Moore. He remained in parliament until the 1908 state election, which he did not contest. Hicks had established a private practice in Guildford (near Perth) in 1906. He eventually returned to England, practising at Falmouth (his birthplace) for a while and then retiring to Hertfordshire, where he died in 1931. Hicks had married Margaret Pearce in 1899, with whom he had two children.