Person Cockburn; William (1669 - 1739); physician Cockburn William physician 1669 - 1739 British Male 1669 1669 London, England November 1739 173911 Burial: Westminster Abbey, London, England, Europe (24 November 1739)

St James's Street, Westminster (1718)

Physician Education: Edinburgh; MA (1688); Leyden (admitted 1691); King's College, Aberdeen; MD (1697) Career: Physician to the Fleet (c1694); created a secret remedy for dysentery, which he supplied to the Fleet and the Army on foreign service as well as private patients, thereby making his fortune; practised in London; Physician to Greenwich Hospital (1731) Memberships: LRCP (1694) Parents: Sir William Cockburn, Bart, of Ryslaw and Cockburn. Spouse: 1) Mary de Baudisson, a widow; 2) Mary, daughter of Basil Fielding, 4th Earl of Denbigh Little is known of his early life. While at Leiden he attended the lectures of Scot Archibald Pitcairne, and was strongly influenced by Pitcairne's combination of iatromechanism and Newtonian matter theory. His first book, Oeconomia corporis animalis, is a scheme of general pathology, or first principles of physic. Produced a small work entitled 'An account of the nature, causes, symptoms and cure of the distempers that are incident to seafaring people', which was a record of his two years' experience as ship's doctor on the home station. Royal Society roles: Council: 1703, 1705, 1707, 1709 Fellow 30/11/1696 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB; Innes Smith Cockburn W, IM000903.jpg ©The Royal Society 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 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/action/doSearch?ContribRaw=Cockburn%2C+William RCN 33743 https://pictures.royalsociety.org/results?mi_search_type=adv&mi_adv_search=yes&adv_person_id=AUTH1836 https://pictures.royalsociety.org/image-rs-13408 1669 - Nov 1739 The past Fellows entries are under continuous revision. If you have queries or additional information to contribute, please contact Library@royalsociety.org. Content in external sources is not controlled by the Royal Society and historical sources may include content that is now unacceptable. Reviewed on 11/01/2024 as part of the Name Authority Project update NA5735 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 17/03/2026 RS_NET\VirginiaM Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/10782288 38892c19-64d8-482f-bdf6-b41981400e97