| Authorised form of name | Oliver; William (1695 - 1764) |
| Surname | Oliver |
| Forenames | William |
| Dates | 1695 - 1764 |
| Nationality | British |
| Dates and places | Burial:
Church of Weston, near Bath, Somerset; monumental inscription in Bath Abbey |
| Activity | Profession:
Physician; Author, medical
Education:
Pembroke College, Cambridge (admitted 1714); MB (1720), MD (1725); Leyden (admitted 1720)
Career:
Practised in Plymouth; moved to Bath (1725); Physician to the Bath Mineral Water Hospital (1741-1760); inventor of the Bath Oliver biscuit; shortly before his death he gave the recipe, along with ten sacks of the finest wheat flour and £100, to his coachman, who set up shop and made a fortune |
| Royal Society activity | Membership:
Fellow
Election Date:
22/01/1730
Proposers:
William Derham, William Rutty, Cromwell Mortimer |
| Relationships | Son of John Oliver of Trevarnoe, Cornwall; nephew of William Oliver (FRS 1703); father-in-law of Sir John Pringle (FRS 1745) |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; Innes Smith; Venn
References:
Gentleman's Magazine 1764, p147 (obituary)
London Magazine 1764, p163 (obituary) |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/29408126 |
| Royal Society code | NA480 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| EL/O2/183 | Letter from William Oliver, dated at Bath | 14 November 1729 |
| EL/O2/184 | William Oliver, dated at Bath, to Cromwell Mortimer | 18 October 1736 |
| EL/O2/182 | William Oliver, dated at Bath, to James Jurin | 29 July 1730 |
| RBO/15/44 | Account of Trematon Castle in Cornwall from a letter of Reverend W B to William Oliver | 1730 |
| CLP/14i/57 | Letter, 'Concerning a calenture' from Wm [William] Oliver to the publisher | [1703] |
| LBO/21/3 | Copy letter from William Oliver, Bath, to Cromwell Mortimer | 3 April 1734 |
| L&P/3/202 | Letter, 'A case of leprosy from birth' from William Oliver to William Watson | 16 November 1756 |
| DM/5/102 | A list of benefactors to the Museum, to the value of £5 or upwards at one time | c.1737 |