| Authorised form of name | Oliver; William (1659 - 1716) |
| Dates | 1659 - 1716 |
| Place of birth | Cornwall |
| Date of birth | 1659 |
| Place of death | Greenwich, London |
| Date of death | 04 April 1716 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Burial:
Abbey church at Bath, Somerset |
| Occupation | Physician |
| Activity | Education:
Leyden (admitted 1683, 1688); Rheims; MD (1699)
Career:
Interrupted his studies at Leyden to join Monmouth's rebellion as a surgeon to the troops (1685); present at the Battle of Sedgemoor; after the Bloody Assize he travelled in disguise to London in the company of Judge Jeffreys's clerk; escaped to Holland and spent some time in Konigsberg and Poland before returning to Leyden; accompanied William III to England as an officer in his army; Physician to the Red Squadron (1693-1702); practised in Bath (1702-1709); Physician to the Hospital for Sick and Wounded Seamen at Chatham (1709-1714); Physician to the Royal Hospital at Greenwich (1714-1716)
Memberships:
LRCP (1692)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 30/11/1703 |
| Proposer | Sir Hans Sloane |
| Relationships | His family came from Trevarnoe, Cornwall; uncle of William Oliver (FRS 1730); unmarried |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; Innes Smith; Munk's Roll
References:
Historical Register Chronological Diary 1716, p118 (obituary) |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/12181330 |
| Code | NA486 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EL/R2/32 | Letter, from William Rutty to Dr [William] Oliver | 24 January 1729 |
| RBO/15/13 | Concerning inoculation in a letter from Dr William Oliver to James Jurin | 1730 |
| EL/O2/184 | Letter, from William Oliver to Cromwell Mortimer, dated at Bath | 18 October 1736 |
| EL/O2/183 | Letter, from William Oliver [to the Royal Society], dated at Bath | 14 November 1729 |
| EL/O2/182 | Letter, from William Oliver to James Jurin, dated at Bath | 29 July 1730 |
| CLP/7i/53 | Paper, regarding observations of a journey to Denmark and Holland by William Oliver | 1703 |
| CLP/14i/45 | Paper, ‘A relatione of a strange sleeper’ by William Oliver | [1690s] |