Researching Thomas Trotter
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The name Thomas means "a twin" and is of Hebrew origin.
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Thomas Trotter (physician)
Thomas Trotter (1760–1832) was a Scottish naval physician and author who was a leading medical reformer in the Royal Navy and an ardent critic of the slave trade. Trotter was born in Melrose, Roxburghshire, and studied medicine under Alexander Monro (secundus) in Edinburgh. His major work, the Medicina Nautica, was published in 1802 and provides a detailed examination of the state of naval medicine during the French Revolutionary Wars.
Trotter was a champion of vaccinations for naval medical staff, and as the Navy's Physician of the Fleet he required that all naval surgeons and assistants be inoculated against smallpox. After an extensive naval career, Trotter retired to private practice in 1802 and died in 1832.
Source: Thomas Trotter (physician), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaThomas Trotter (trade unionist)
Thomas Ernest Newlands Trotter (10 November 1871 – 22 November 1932) was a British trade unionist.
Born in Durham, Trotter was educated at the Fulwell School in Sunderland. Orphaned in his youth, he was brought up by an aunt and uncle. In 1886, he began working as a clerk for the Durham Miners' Association (DMA). Despite never working as a miner, he was elected as an agent for the union. In 1915, he became the DMA's treasurer, and served in the post until his death. He also served on the executive of the Miners' Federation of Great Britain on several occasions from 1916 to 1931.
Although Trotter did not enter politics, he was a founder member of the City of Durham branch of the Labour Party in 1918, and campaigned for the formation and entry to the Football League of Durham City A.F.C.
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