Person Oliver; William (1695 - 1764) Oliver William 1695 - 1764 British Male Ludgvan, Cornwall, England 04 August 1695 Bath, Somerset 17 March 1764 Burial: Church of Weston, near Bath, Somerset; monumental inscription in Bath Abbey

Physician; Author, medical Education: Pembroke College, Cambridge (admitted 1714); MB (1720), MD (1725); Leyden (admitted 1720) Career: Practised in Plymouth; moved to Bath (1725); Physician to the Bath Mineral Water Hospital (1741-1760); inventor of the Bath Oliver biscuit; shortly before his death he gave the recipe, along with ten sacks of the finest wheat flour and £100, to his coachman, who set up shop and made a fortune Son of John Oliver of Trevarnoe, Cornwall; nephew of William Oliver (FRS 1703); father-in-law of Sir John Pringle (FRS 1745) Fellow 22/01/1730 William Derham William Rutty Cromwell Mortimer Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB; Innes Smith; Venn References: Gentleman's Magazine 1764, p147 (obituary) London Magazine 1764, p163 (obituary) International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 4 Aug 1695 - 17 Mar 1764 NA480 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/29408126 9945905e-43f4-4249-bb3b-3e2c1c851b86