Short Biographies of the Worthies of Worcestershire
Short Biographies of the Worthies of Worcestershire
Edith Ophelia Browne
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*FALKNER, THOMAS (1707-1784), son of a surgeon of Manchester. Studied at St. Thomas's Hospital ; went as a surgeon on a Guinea slave ship ; fell ill at Buenos Ayres, and was nursed with great kindness by the Jesuits ; he afterwards joined their Order and became a missionary among the Indians of Paraguay and the Straits of Magellan ; his surgical skill helped to make his mission wonderfully successful ; he also surveyed the coast for the Spanish Government; after 38 years work, the Society was d...issolved, and Falkner retired to Spetchley as Chaplain to Mr. Robert Berkeley. Here he wrote an account of Patagonia with a map corrected by his own observations. *FECKENHAM, JOHN DE (1518-1585), born in Feckenham Forest, Worcestershire, the son of poor peasants named Howman. The parish priest obtained his admission into Evesham Abbey, from 54 Short Biographies of the which he entered Gloucester Hall, Oxford. B. D. , 1539; returned to Evesham as teacher; when the Monastery was dissolved he returned to Oxford; Eector of SoHhuU, 1544 (?); Domestic Chaplain to Dr.
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