Sir Charles Hastings (January 11, 1794 &ndash; March 21, 1866) was a physician and founder of the British Medical Association, originally Provincial Medical and Surgical Association on July 19,1832<ref>Oxford Dictionary of National Biography article by P. W. J. Bartrip, ‘Hastings, Sir Charles (1794–1866)’ [1360], accessed 28 Feb 2007.</ref><ref> BMA Website: a brief history </ref>.

He was an authority on chest diseases and wrote numerous scientific papers.

He was knighted in 1850.

He died March 21, 1866

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See also

The Life and Times of Sir Charles Hastings, Founder of the British Medical Association (1959) Reviewed by Cohen Of Birkenhead in Med Hist. 1960 July; 4(3): 261–262.