page_title: Thomas Shapter
hierarchical_section_title: Thomas Shapter
caption_attribution_description: English: Portrait of Thomas Shapter in the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital.
context_page_description: Dr Thomas Shapter LLD MD FRCP was born in Gibraltar, graduated from the University of Edinburgh, and arrived in Exeter in the year cholera arrived, 1832. Today, Shapter is best known for the account he wrote of this devastating cholera outbreak, entitled The History of the Cholera in Exeter in 1832.
context_section_description: Dr Thomas Shapter LLD MD FRCP (1809–1902) was born in Gibraltar, graduated from the University of Edinburgh, and arrived in Exeter in the year cholera arrived, 1832. Today, Shapter is best known for the account he wrote of this devastating cholera outbreak, entitled The History of the Cholera in Exeter in 1832.
caption: Dr Thomas Shapter
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