| Authorised form of name | Whistler; Daniel (1619 - 1684); physician |
| Dates | 1619 - 1684 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Walthamstow, Essex, England, Europe |
| Date of birth | c.1619 |
| Place of death | England, Europe |
| Date of death | 11 May 1684 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Burial:
Christ Church, Newgate Street, London, England, Europe |
| Occupation | Physician |
| Research field | Medicine |
| Activity | Education:
School at Thame, Oxfordshire; Trinity College, Oxford (BA 1639); Merton College, Oxford (MA 1644); Leyden (MD 1645); Incorporated at Oxford (1647)
Career:
Became a member of Gray's Inn (1644); Completed 'De morbo puerili Anglorum, quem patrio idiomate indigenae vocant 'The rickets'' (1645); Professor of Geometry at Gresham College, London (1648-1656); Linacre Reader at Oxford (1648); took care of seamen, injured in Dutch war (1653-4) with Ralph Bathurst; Physician to Bulstrode Whitelock's embassy to Sweden (1653-1654); Harveian orator at RCP (1659)
Memberships:
Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (1649; President 1683)
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| Membership category | Original Fellow |
| Date of election | 20/05/1663 |
| RSActivity | Royal Society roles:
Council: 1663, 1666, 1674, 1676-77
Committee and panels:
Committee to consider of Mr Buckland's proposition to plant potatos through all parts of England (1662) |
| Relationships | Parents: William Whistler of Elvington, Goring, Oxfordshire |
| OtherInfo | While his MD thesis on rickets was the first printed book on the disease which is thought to be responsible for approx. 3% of deaths in England in the 1640s, it showed little impact on contemporary physicians, compared to Francis Glisson's later publication in 1650 on the same subject matter. Whistler associated with Samuel Pepys and John Evelyn, however by the time of his death in 1684, he had fallen into disfavour as a negligent registrar within the College of Physicians. |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; Foster
Notes:
The election date is Whistler's re-election date into the Society after the grant of the second charter in April 1663. All Fellows admitted in a two-month window after this charter, until 22 June 1663, are considered Original Fellows. He was previously proposed on 9 January 1661. |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/361641 |
| Code | NA5731 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| DM/5/60 | Minute of a meeting of a Committee to be appointed 'to consider of Mr Buckland's proposition to plant potatoes through all the parts of England' | 20 March 1662 |