| Authorised form of name | Gull; Sir; William Withey (1816 - 1890) |
| Dates | 1816 - 1890 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Colchester, Essex, England |
| Date of birth | 31 December 1816 |
| Place of death | Thorpe-le-Soken, Essex |
| Date of death | 29 January 1890 |
| Occupation | Physician |
| Activity | Education:
MD (1846, London)
Career:
Went to London (1834); entered Guy's Hospital (1837); Fullerian Professor, Royal Institution (1847-1849); Physician, Guy's Hospital (1858); attended Prince of Wales (later Edward VII) during an attack of typhoid fever (1871); member of the General Medical Council (1871-1883); Physician in Ordinary to Queen Victoria (1887-1890); died of apoplexy, leaving £344,000
Honours:
Bt 1872
Memberships:
MRCS (1841); FRCP
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 03/06/1869 |
| Relationships | Son of John Gull, barge owner and wharfinger |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1890 vol 48 pp viii-xii signed by P H P S
References:
Vanity Fair 18 December 1875
Notes:
William Odling's signature on election certificate has been crossed out, with a note: 'On the Council' |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/57395983 |
| Code | NA6348 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1869/10 | Gull, Sir William Withey: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| VF/14 | Portrait of Sir William Withey Gull by Carlo Pellegrini | 18 December 1875 |
| IM/001813 | Gull, Sir William Withey | 1999 |
| MC/8/455 | Letter from William W [Withey] Gull, 74 Brook Street, Grosvenor Square, to Walter White, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society | 22 November 1869 |
| MC/8/458 | Letter from William W [Withey] Gull, 74 Brook Street, Grosvenor Square, to the Royal Society | 25 November 1869 |
| MC/8 | Volume 8 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1867-1869 |
| MC/14 | Volume 14 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1885-1888 |