| Authorised form of name | Beatty; Sir; William (- 1842) |
| Dates | - 1842 |
| Place of death | York Place, Portman Square, London |
| Date of death | 25 March 1842 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Burial:
Kensal Green Cemetery |
| Occupation | Physician |
| Activity | Education:
MD (1806, King's College, Aberdeen); MD (1817, St Andrew's University)
Career:
Entered the Royal Navy; Surgeon on the 'Victory' at Trafalgar, and with Nelson when he died (1805); published a narrative on the death of Nelson and possessed the bullet which killed Nelson; Physician, Greenwich Hospital (1806-1840)
Honours:
Kt 1831
Memberships:
LCP (1817)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 30/04/1818 |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
References:
G C Cook, 'Richard Dobson Kt MRCS FRS (1773-1847) and the inferior status of naval medicine in the early nineteeth century: End of the Fleet physicians' in NR 2005 pp 35-43 |
| Code | NA7461 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1818/02 | Beatty, Sir William: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |