| Authorised form of name | Aitken; Sir; William (1825 - 1892) |
| Dates | 1825 - 1892 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Dundee, Angus, Scotland |
| Date of birth | 23 April 1825 |
| Date of death | 25 June 1892 |
| Research field | Pathology |
| Activity | Education:
Edinburgh. MD (1848)
Career:
Demonstrator of anatomy to Allen Thomson (FRS 1848) in Glasgow; Pathologist, Royal Infirmary, Glasgow; Pathologist to the Commission appointed to study diseases among the troops in the Crimea (1855); Professor of Pathology, Army Medical School, Fort Pitt, Chatham (1860); transferred to Netley; resigned (1892)
Honours:
Kt 1887
Memberships:
MRCSE
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 12/06/1873 |
| Relationships | Son of William Aitken, a doctor |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1894 vol 55 pp xiv-xvi signed by J F |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/69677692 |
| Royal Society code | NA3585 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| NLB/2/365 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Sir William Aitken, Fellow of the Royal Society | 18 May 1888 |
| NLB/2/352 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Sir William Aitken, Fellow of the Royal Society, Greve Cottage, Woolston, Southampton | 10 May 1888 |
| NLB/2/468 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Sir William Aitken, Fellow of the Royal Society | 11 July 1888 |
| NLB/4/1059 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Sir William Aitken, Fellow of the Royal Society | 9 January 1891 |
| NLB/6/706 | Copy letter from Theodore E James, to Harrisons | 30 June 1892 |
| NLB/8/745 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Sir William Turner, Fellow of the Royal Society | 15 December 1893 |
| EC/1873/02 | Aitken, Sir William: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| NLB/2/447 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Sir William Aitken [Fellow of the Royal Society] | 3 July 1888 |
| PP/14/27 | Paper, 'The chemistry of the urine of the horse' by Fred [Frederick] Smith | 1889 |
| MC/9/579 | Letter from William Aitken, Woolston, to G G [George Gabriel] Stokes, [Secretary of the Royal Society] | 14 June 1873 |
| MC/9 | Volume 9 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1870-June 1873 |