St. Andrew's Cemetery, grave of Dr. Dennis Embleton

HER Number:
13211

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
St. Andrew's Cemetery, grave of Dr. Dennis Embleton

Place:
Jesmond

Map Sheet:
NZ26NE

Class:
Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad:
Grave Marker

Site Type: Specific:
Gravestone

General Period:
POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period:
Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
Dr. Dennis Embleton (1810-1900) was physician at the Newcastle Infirmary between 1853 and 1878 and the first Professor of Medicine in Newcastle. Embleton's dispenser at the infirmary was James Crossley Eno. Eno's Fruit Salts was a laxative drink for which Embleton apparently provided the recipe.

Easting:
425060

Northing:
566150

Grid Reference:
NZ425060566150

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Alan Morgan, 2004, Beyond the Grave - Exploring Newcastle's Burial Grounds, page 90