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This is about William Edwards b. 1798 Worcester. Retired chemist in Ruislip in 1861 census...Thought he was one of mine but wasn't...... From 1 August 1815 anyone practising as an apothecary in England and Wales had to hold the Licence of the Society (LSA) and this was a medical qualification not a pharmaceutical one. I have checked the printed Lists of Licentiates and found a William Edwards who gained his LSA on 29 June 1826. His place of residence is not supplied. His Licence entitled him to practise in the City of London if he chose as he paid the higher examination fee of 10 guineas instead of 6 (for practising 'in the country'). According to the Court of Examiners' Candidates' Qualification Book, William had been: * apprenticed to Thomas Collett and John Cowell of Bromsgrove, apothecary, for 5 years [Bromsgrove, of course, being in Worcestershire] * his indenture was dated 22 June 1813 * the testimonial of his moral character was supplied by John Cowell * he had been born on 29 August 1798 * he had attended the required lecture courses: 2 on Anatomy and Physiology; 2 on the Theory and Practice of Medicine; 2 on Chemistry and 2 on Materia Medica * he had completed a 9 months' attendance [ie walking the wards] at the General Dispensary [in London] as a physician's pupil * he was examined by Mr Upton, one of the 12 members of the Court of Examiners on 29 June 1826 and 'approved'