| Authorised form of name | Wagstaffe; William (1685 - 1725) |
| Dates | 1685 - 1725 |
| Place of birth | Cublington, Buckinghamshire, England |
| Date of birth | 1685 |
| Place of death | Bath, Somerset |
| Date of death | 05 May 1725 |
| Occupation | Physician |
| Activity | Education:
School at Northampton; Lincoln College, Oxford; BA (1704), MA (1707), BMed, DMed (1714); studied with his relative Thomas Wagstaffe, nonjuror bishop and physician
Career:
Reader on Anatomy to the Barber-Surgeons (1715); Physician to St Bartholomew's Hospital (1720-1725); went to Bath on account of his poor health
Memberships:
FRCP (1718)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 13/03/1718 |
| Proposer | Brook Taylor |
| Relationships | Son of Thomas Wagstaffe, Rector of Cublington.
Married: 1) a daughter of his relative, the Rev Thomas Wagstaffe; 2) a daughter of Charles Bernard, Surgeon to St Bartholomew's Hospital and Serjeant-Surgeon to Queen Anne |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; Foster; Munk's Roll
Notes:
Foster says father was of Daventry, Northamptonshire; Munk says Wagstaffe was born in Northamptonshire |
| Code | NA249 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| MS/390/168 | Bond of William Wagstaffe to the Treasurer of the Royal Society | 27 March 1718 |