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Dr. Charles Balguy (1708 – 28 February 1767) was an English physician and translator. Balguy was born at Derwent Hall, Derbyshire, and was educated at Chesterfield Grammar School and St. John's College, Cambridge, where he took the degree of M.B. in 1731, and M.D. in 1750. He practised at Peterborough, and was secretary of the literary club there. He contributed to the Philosophical Transactions, and in 1741 he published, anonymously, a translation of Giovanni Boccaccio's Decameron. This was the best translation in English at the time and was reprinted several times. He wrote some medical essays, and particularly a treatise

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rdfs:comment	Dr. Charles Balguy (1708 – 28 February 1767) was an English physician and translator. Balguy was born at Derwent Hall, Derbyshire, and was educated at Chesterfield Grammar School and St. John's College, Cambridge, where he took the degree of M.B. in 1731, and M.D. in 1750. He practised at Peterborough, and was secretary of the literary club there. He contributed to the Philosophical Transactions, and in 1741 he published, anonymously, a translation of Giovanni Boccaccio's Decameron. This was the best translation in English at the time and was reprinted several times. He wrote some medical essays, and particularly a treatise (en)
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Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage	18th-century English medical doctors Samuel Pegge Derwent, Derbyshire People from Chesterfield, Derbyshire Peterborough College of Arms Giovanni Boccaccio 1708 births Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge Brookfield Community School, Chesterfield 1767 deaths 18th-century English male writers 18th-century English writers Ladybower Reservoir People educated at Chesterfield Grammar School St. John's College, Cambridge Decameron
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