| Authorised form of name | Fergusson; Sir; William (1808 - 1877) |
| Dates | 1808 - 1877 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Prestonpans, East Lothian, Scotland |
| Date of birth | 20 March 1808 |
| Place of death | London |
| Date of death | 10 or 11 February 1877 |
| Dates and places | Burial:
West Linton, Peeblesshire |
| Occupation | Surgeon |
| Activity | Career:
Employed in a lawyer's office before studying medicine at Edinburgh; Demonstrator of Anatomy to Robert Knox; Surgeon, Edinburgh Royal Dispensary (1831); Surgeon, Edinburgh Royal Infirmary (1836); moved to London (1840); Professor of Surgery, King's College, London (1840-1870); Surgeon, King's College Hospital, London (by 1848); Surgeon in ordinary to the Prince Consort (1849); Sergeant Surgeon to Queen Victoria (1867); improved the treatment of cleft palate (hare lip); he was also a carpenter, violinist and fly-fisher; wrote 'System of practical surgery' (1842); died of Bright's disease
Honours:
Bt 1866
Memberships:
FRSE; FRCSE (1829); MRCS (1840); FRCS (1844)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 09/06/1848 |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
References:
Vanity Fair 17 December 1870
Notes:
DNB and Boase give death date as 10 February 1877 |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/57394000 |
| Royal Society code | NA7661 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| EC/1848/06 | Fergusson, Sir William: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| IM/Maull/001395 | Fergusson, Sir William | nd |
| IM/001394 | Fergusson, Sir William | 1999 |
| IM/001399 | Fergusson, Sir William | 1847 |
| IM/001396 | Fergusson, Sir William | nd |
| IM/001398 | Fergusson, Sir William | nd |
| IM/Maull/001397 | Fergusson, Sir William | nd |
| VF/12 | Portrait of Sir William Fergusson by Carlo Pellegrini | 17 December 1870 |
| MC/8/437 | Letter from Wm [William] Fergusson, 16 George Street, Hanover Square, to Dr [William] Sharpey, [Secretary of the Royal Society] | 28 October 1869 |
| MC/8 | Volume 8 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1867-1869 |