Authorised form of name | Withering; William (1741 - 1799); physician, botanist and mineralogist |
Dates | 1741 - 1799 |
Nationality | British |
Place of birth | Wellington, Shropshire, England |
Date of birth | March 1741 |
Place of death | His home, 'The Larches', Birmingham |
Date of death | 06 October 1799 |
DatesAndPlaces | Burial: Edgbaston old Church, Birmingham |
Occupation | Physician |
Research field | Botany |
Activity | Education: MD (1766, Edinburgh) Career: Practised as a doctor in Birmingham
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Membership category | Fellow |
Date of election | 24/11/1785 |
Source | Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB References: Robert E Schofield, 'The Lunar Society of Birmingham; A Bicentenary Appraisal' in NR 1966 vol 21 pp 144-161 Douglas McKie, 'Priestley's Laboratory and Library and Other of his Effects' in NR 1956-57 vol 12 pp 114-136 Notes: At head of election certificate: Compounded |
Code | NA7261 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNo | Title | Date |
EC/1785/11 | Withering, William: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
IM/004978 | Withering, William | nd |
L&P/8/72 | Paper, 'On Terra ponderosa' by William Withering | 1783 |
L&P/9/164 | Paper, 'An account of some extraordinary effects of lightning' by William Withering | 1790 |
L&P/9/164/1 | Paper, 'An account of some extraordinary effects of lightning' by William Withering | 1790 |
L&P/7/251 | Letter, 'Analyses of toadstone and Rowley rag' from Joseph Priestley on behalf of William Withering to Joseph Banks | 28 March 1782 |
L&P/9/88 | Letter, 'Additional experiments and observations relating to the principle of acidity, the decomposition of water and phlogiston' from William Withering to Joseph Priestley | 22 February 1788 |