| Authorised form of name | Burnett; Sir; William (1779 - 1861) |
| Dates | 1779 - 1861 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Montrose, Tayside, Scotland |
| Date of birth | 1779 |
| Place of death | Chichester, Sussex |
| Date of death | 16 February 1861 |
| Occupation | Physician |
| Activity | Education:
MD (Marischal College, Abderdeen, 1825)
Career:
Medical department of the Royal Navy; Physician and Inspector of Hospitals to the Mediterranean Fleet (1810)
Honours:
CB; Kt 1831; KCB 1850
Memberships:
FCP (1836)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 18/04/1833 |
| Date of ejection or withdrawal | Withdrew from the Society 1856/57 (PL) |
| RSActivity | Royal Society roles:
VP 1845-1846 |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
References:
G C Cook, 'Richard Dobson Kt MRCS FRS (1773-1847) and the inferior status of naval medicine in the early nineteeth century: End of the Fleet physicians' in NR 2005 pp 35-43 |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/59476898 |
| Code | NA7556 |
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1824/07 | Burnett, Sir William: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| EC/1833/05 | Burnett, Sir William: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| MM/11/93 | Report by the Charter Committee of the Royal Society | 16 June 1846 |
| PT/51/5/2 | Plate, figures 1-4 showing several views of the Macgillivrayia pelagica by J D M [John Denis Macdonald] | 11 February 1854 |
| PT/51/4/2 | Plate, 'Left lateral view of N. umbilicatus removed from the shell' by J D [John Denis] Macdonald | [1854] |
| MS/426/589 | Copy letter from C R [Charles Richard] Weld, the Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir W [William] Burnett | 28 May 1857 |
| MS/426/591 | Copy letter from C R [Charles Richard] Weld, the Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir W [William] Burnett | 6 June 1857 |
| MC/5/287 | Letter from W [William] Burnett, Chichester, to Lord Wrottesley, President of the Royal Society | 17 June 1857 |
| PT/16/28 | Paper, 'An account of the effect of mercurial vapours on the crew of His Majesty's Ship Triumph in the year 1810' by William Burnett | [1823] |
| RR/1/37 | Referee's report by Peter Mark Roget, on a paper 'On the effects produced by poisonous fish on the human frame' by William Burnett | 8 May 1846 |
| PT/51/4/1 | Manuscript, 'On the anatomy of Nautilus umbilicatus compared with that of Nautilus pompilius' by John Denis Macdonald | [1854] |
| PT/51/4 | Paper, 'On the anatomy of Nautilus umbilicatus compared with that of Nautilus pompilius' by John Denis Macdonald | [1854] |
| PT/51/6/1 | Manuscript, 'Further observations on the anatomy of Macgillivrayia, Cheletropis, and allied genera of pelagic gasteropoda' by John Denis Macdonald | [1855] |
| PT/51/6/2 | Plate, figures 16-24 showing the Macgillivrayia pelagica and other pelagic gasteropods by J D [John Denis] Macdonald | 11 February 1854 |
| PT/51/4/4 | Plate, figures 3-8 showing parts of the auditory and lingual anatomy of the nautilus by J D [John Denis] Macdonald | [1854] |
| PT/51/5/3 | Plate, figures 5-15 showing parts of the anatomy of the Macgillivrayia pelagica and the Cheletropis huxleyi by J D M [John Denis Macdonald] | 11 February 1854 |
| PT/51/4/5 | Plate, figures 9-16 showing renal and epithelial parts of the anatomy of the nautilus by J D [John Denis] Macdonald | [1854] |
| MC/5 | Volume 5 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1851-1858 |
| PT/51/4/3 | Plate, 'Simple dissection of the nautilus' by J D [John Denis] Macdonald | [1854] |
| PT/51/5 | Paper, 'Remarks on the anatomy of Macgillivrayia pelagica, and Cheletropis huxleyi (Forbes). Suggesting the establishment of a new order of gasteropoda' by John D [Denis] Macdonald | 11 February 1854 |
| PT/51/5/1 | Manuscript, 'Remarks on the anatomy of Macgillivrayia pelagica, and Cheletropis huxleyi (Forbes). Suggesting the establishment of a new order of gasteropoda' by John D [Denis] Macdonald | 11 February 1854 |
| AP/28/3 | Unpublished paper, 'On the effects produced by poisonous fish on the human frame' by William Burnett | February 1846 |
| AP/34/16 | Unpublished paper, 'Observations on the anatomy of the antennae in a small species of crustacean' by John Denis MacDonald | December 1852 |
| AP/37/6 | Paper, 'Observations on the anatomy and affinities of Phyllirrhoe bucephala' by John Denis MacDonald | 10 December 1854 |
| AP/37/6/1 | Manuscript, 'Observations on the anatomy and affinities of Phyllirrhoe bucephala' by John Denis MacDonald | 10 December 1854 |
| AP/37/7 | Unpublished paper, 'Brief sketch of the anatomy of a new genus of pelagic Gasteropoda [sic] named Jasonilla' by John Denis MacDonald | 10 December 1854 |
| AP/34/16/1 | Unpublished manuscript, 'Observations on the anatomy of the antennae in a small species of crustacean' by John Denis MacDonald | December 1852 |
| PT/51/6 | Paper, 'Further observations on the anatomy of Macgillivrayia, Cheletropis, and allied genera of pelagic gasteropoda' by John Denis Macdonald | [1855] |