Authorised form of name | Gould; William (c1652 - 1714); physician |
Other forms of surname | Gold |
Dates | c1652 - 1714 |
Nationality | British |
Place of birth | Farnham, Surrey, England, Europe |
Date of birth | c. 1652 |
Place of death | Hatton Garden, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe |
Date of death | c. January 1714 |
DatesAndPlaces | Burial: St Andrew's church, Holborn, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe (27 January 1714) |
Occupation | Physician |
Activity | Education: Wadham College, Oxford (BA 1675; MA 1678; BMed 1682; DMed 1687) Career: Fellow of Wadham (1676) Memberships: Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (1692) |
Membership category | Fellow |
Date of election | 02/05/1683 |
Proposer | Robert Plot |
Other Royal Society activity | Occasional correspondent (1683); Had a paper on polyps published in the 'Philosophical Transactions' (1684) |
Relationships | Parents: James Gould |
OtherInfo | Not much is known about Gould's personal life or his medical practice after qualifying. He was not particularly active in the Society after his election and was never in the accounts. His correspondence related to observations on sulphurica acid. |
Source | Sources: Bulloch's Roll; Hunter; Foster; Gunther (vol 12) Authority: Birth date from Hunter Notes: Last appears in 1684 PL. Birth date approximate, Foster says Gould was 19 when he matriculated in 1671. |
Code | NA3312 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNo | Title | Date |
LBO/8/141 | Copy letter from William Gould, Wadham College, to Francis Aston | 6 March 1683 |