Person Cheselden; William (1688 - 1752) Cheselden William 1688 - 1752 British Male Burrough, in Somerby parish, Leicestershire, England 19 October 1688 Bath, Somerset 10 April 1752 Burial: Chelsea hospital

Chelsea, Middlesex; Sadler's Hall, London (1718)

Surgeon Education: Apprenticed to Mr Wilkes of Leicester, later to William Cowper of London (1703) and Mr Ferne, surgeon to St Thomas's Hospital Career: Lecturer on Anatomy (1711); Surgeon in Colonel Pocock's Regiment (1717); Assistant Surgeon (1718), then Principal Surgeon (1719-1738), St Thomas's Hospital, London; Surgeon (1724-1733), then Consulting Surgeon (1733-1739), Westminster Hospital; devised new operations for the stone (one of which he performed in 54 seconds) and for cataract; the most celebrated surgeon and anatomist in England, many foreign doctors came to see him operate; John Douglas (FRS 1720) accused him unjustly of plagiarism in his 'Treatise on the high operation for the stone'; attended Sir Isaac Newton (FRS 1672) on his deathbed; Surgeon to Queen Caroline (1727); Surgeon (1733-1737), then Consulting Surgeon (1737), St George's Hospital, London; Surgeon, Chelsea Hospital (1737) Memberships: Company of Barber-Surgeons; Academie Royale des Sciences (Corresponding, 1729); Royal Academy of Surgery, Paris (first foreign associate) Son of George Cheselden and his wife, Deborah, daughter of Major William Hubbert of Rearsby, Lincolnshire; married Deborah Knight of London Fellow 30/11/1711 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB; Hirsch; Dalton George I; Thomas References: John H Appleby, 'Human Curiosities and the Royal Society, 1699-1751' in NR 1996 vol 50 pp 13-27 Obituary, Gentleman's Magazine (1732), p.192. P Fontes da Costa, 'The Culture of Curiosity at The Royal Society in the first half of the eighteenth century', NR 2002 vo l56 pp 147-166 Notes: Proposed by Henry Plumptre ©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://pictures.royalsociety.org/image-rs-19546 19 Oct 1688 - 10 Apr 1752 NA6580 21/11/2001 Andyg pmab 17/03/2026 RS_NET\VirginiaM Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/40161749 15f73c11-b432-4056-b10e-cabc6f1a6f32