Thomas Baines (physician)

Having accompanied Finch to Italy, Baines was created doctor of physic at Padua, and he received the same degree from Cambridge on his return to England in 1660.

On 8 March of the same year he was chosen Gresham Professor of Music, and in May he was elected, along with Sir John Finch, a fellow extraordinary of the College of Physicians, London.

He made arrangements for discharging his professorial duties by deputy, but, on account of his prolonged absence, he was deprived of the chair before the news of his death, at Constantinople on 5 September 1680, had reached England.

[3] He described their relationship as a "sweet and unbroken marriage of souls, and a fellowship undivided for thirty-six entire years", and "sacred to an unspeakable love".

[4][5] Baines' viscera were buried in Constantinople, while the rest of his remains were embalmed by Finch, who brought them with him on his return to England, and deposited them in the chapel of Christ's College, Cambridge.