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Authorised form of nameCruikshank; William Cumberland (1745 - 1800)
Dates1745 - 1800
NationalityBritish
Place of birthEdinburgh, Scotland
Date of birth1745
Place of deathLondon
Date of death27 June 1800
OccupationSurgeon
Research fieldAnatomy
ActivityEducation:
Edinburgh; MA (Glasgow)
Career:
Went to London as an assistant to William Hunter and later was admitted into partnership with him; continued Hunter's school with Baillie, after Hunter's death; published 'The anatomy of the absorbing vessels of the human body' (1786)
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election01/06/1797
RelationshipsFather-in-law of Honoratus Leigh Thomas (FRS 1806); grandfather of Edward Thomas (FRS 1871)
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/72153215
CodeNA3026
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
L&P/11/23/1Paper, 'Concerning impregnation in rabbits' by William Cumberland Cruikshank1796
L&P/10/111Paper, 'Experiments on the nerves of living animals' by William Cumberland Cruikshank1776
EC/1797/10Cruikshank, William Cumberland: certificate of election to the Royal Society
IM/001012Cruikshank, William Cumberlandnd
L&P/11/23Paper, 'Concerning impregnation in rabbits' by William Cumberland Cruikshank1796
MS/427/405Copy letter from [Michael] Foster, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Prof. Wharton Jones12 January 1885
AP/4/5Unpublished paper, 'Further observations, relative to some experiments, on the nerves of living animals' by Wm [William] Cruikshank28 November 1776
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