1814-1826 Educated at William & Mary and St. Thomas' Hospital, London. Physician and educator; professor of anatomy, surgery and physiology; president of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, New ...

According to a detailed family history compiled by one of the former president’s sons, the two men shared a common ancestor ...

It looks set to uncover the private life of the 19th-century president who signed the Emancipation Proclamation – which ended slavery in America. Described as a “sacred figure by both ...

Donald Trump is only the second US president to regain the White House, repeating the feat of Grover Cleveland in the late 19th century. Cleveland won the 1884 and 1892 elections, either side of ...