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Authorised form of nameMacmichael; William (1784 - 1839)
Dates1784 - 1839
Place of birthShropshire, England
Date of birth1784
Place of deathHis residence, Maida Hill, London
Date of death10 January 1839
OccupationPhysician
ActivityEducation:
Christ Church College, Oxford. AB (1805), AM (1807), MB (1808), MD (1816)
Career:
As Radcliffe Fellow, travelled in Greece, Russia, Moldavia, Wallachia, Bulgaria, Turkey and Palestine; practised as a doctor in London; Physician, Middlesex Hospital (1822-1831) when he resigned; Physician Extraordinary to the King (1829); Physician in Ordinary (1831); withdrew from practice due to an attack of paralysis; wrote 'The goldheaded cane' (1827) and 'Lives of British Physicians (1819), and other works
Memberships:
FCP (1818)
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election27/03/1817
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
CodeNA5314
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
EC/1816/18Macmichael, William: certificate of election to the Royal Society
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