Early Life
Halford was born as Henry Vaughan at Leicester, the second but eldest surviving son of Dr. James Vaughan (27 March 1740 – 19 August 1813), an eminent physician at Leicester, and his wife, Hester née Smalley (d. 2 or 7 April 1791), He was educated at Rugby School, and there developed his love for classical literature. He went from Rugby to Christ Church, Oxford and obtained his MD in 1791 aged 25. Before taking his degrees in physic, he spent some months in Edinburgh (where he presumably studied the Scottish system of medicine).
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