| Authorised form of name | Glisson; Francis (1597 - 1677); physician and philosopher |
| Dates | 1597 - 1677 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Rampisham, Devon, England, Europe |
| Date of birth | 1597 |
| Place of death | Fleet Street, London, England, Europe |
| Date of death | 14 October 1677 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Burial:
St Bride's Church, Fleet Street, London, England, Europe (22 October 1677) |
| Occupation | Physician |
| Research field | Medicine |
| Philosophy |
| Activity | Education:
Mr Allot's School, Rampisham, Devon; Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge (BA 1620/1; MA 1624); MD (1634); Incorporated at Oxford (1627)
Career:
Fellow of Caius (1624-1634); Lecturer in Greek (1626); Dean of Caius College (1629); Regius Professor of Physic at Cambridge (1636-1677); Reader in anatomy at the College of Physicians (1639); Goulstonian lecturer (1640); first treatise on 'De rachitide sive morbo puerili' (1650) on rickets;
Memberships:
Royal College of Physicians (Fellow 1635; President 1667-1670)
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| Membership category | Original Fellow |
| Date of election | 20/05/1663 |
| RSActivity | Committee and panels:
Anatomical Committee (1664) ; Committee for Collecting all the Phenomena of Nature hitherto observed (1664) |
| Other Royal Society activity | Involved in observations and experiments on wood and its petrification (1663); Involved in operation on dogs for kidney stones (1663) |
| Relationships | Parents: Willia Glisson and Mary Hancock
Married: Maria Morgan |
| PublishedWorks | RCN: 41116
RCN: 41117 |
| OtherInfo | Glisson played an active role in various groups concerned with medicine and natural philosophy. His treatise on rickets added new observations and information to the study of the disease, in particular compared to Daniel Whistler's (FRS 1663) work from 1645. His later work 'Anatomia hepatis' (1654) was an important work in the field of anatomy, and Glisson also had a good reputation as an orthopaedic surgeon for his invention of a sling to counteract the level of spinal deformity caused by rickets. He would also have felt the effects of the political and religious climate in England, as he lived in Colchester at the time of its siege in 1648. |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DSB; Foster; ODNB;
Margaret Pelling and Frances White, 'GLISSON, Francis', in Physicians and Irregular Medical Practitioners in London 1550-1640 Database (London, 2004), British History Online
References:
Gordon C Cook, 'Mary Darwin's Illness' in NR 1996 vol 50 pp 59-63
A Rupert Hall and Marie Boas Hall, 'The Intellectual Origins of the Royal Society - London and Oxford' in NR 1968 vol 23 pp 157-168
G H Turnbull, 'Samuel Hartlib's Influence on the Early History of the Royal Society' in NR 1953 vol 10 pp 101-130
A C S, 'Notes on the Foundation and History of the Royal Society' in NR 1938 vol 1 pp 32-36
Notes:
The election date is Glisson'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 elected on 6 March 1663. DSB gives death date as 16 October 1677. |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/49518541 |
| Code | NA7671 |