Simon Forman (1552-1611) was an Elizabethan physician, astrologer, magician, and alchemist who lived and worked in both London and Wiltshire, England. He was unusual in that despite receiving no formal training in medicine or astrology, and being repeatedly fined and arrested for practising, he grew to be a proficient and popular doctor, treating poor and rich alike.
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1552 - 1611Life of Elizabethan physician and astrologer Simon Forman.
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1579Elizabethan physician and astrologer Simon Forman starts practising medicine.
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1579 - 1580Elizabethan physician and astrologer Simon Forman is imprisoned for practising without a licence.
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1587Elizabethan physician and astrologer Simon Forman is imprisoned for the second time.
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1599Elizabethan physician and astrologer Simon Forman marries 17-year-old Jean Baker.
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1603Elizabethan physician and astrologer Simon Forman finally recieves a licence from the University of Cambridge.
