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Authorised form of nameHeberden; William (1767 - 1845)
Dates1767 - 1845
NationalityBritish
Place of birthCecil Street, London, England
Date of birth23 March 1767
Place of deathCumberland Street, London
Date of death19 February 1845
DatesAndPlacesBurial:
In the family vault, Windsor, Berkshire
ActivityEducation:
Charterhouse, Surrey; St John's College, Cambridge, AB (1788), AM (1791); MB (1792); MD (1795)
Career:
Fellow of St John's College, Cambridge; Physician, St George's Hospital, London (1793-1803); Physician in Ordinary to the Queen (1806) and to George III (1809)
Memberships:
FCP (1796)
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election24/02/1791
RelationshipsSon of William Heberden (FRS 1750); grandson of Francis Wollaston (FRS 1723); widowed (1812); had twelve children
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; Charterhouse Miscellany
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1845 No 62 pp 576-577
CodeNA2906
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
L&P/9/70Paper, 'The mean heat of every month for ten years in London, 1763-1772 inclusive' by William Heberden1788
EC/1790/14Heberden, William: certificate of election to the Royal Society
L&P/4/108Letter, 'A case of mortification of limbs, a family at Wrathisham in Suffolk' from Charlton Wollaston to William Heberden1762
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