Person Beckett; William (1684 - 1738) Beckett William Becket 1684 - 1738 British Male His sister's house in Abingdon, Berkshire, England 1684 Abingdon, Berkshire 25 November 1738 Burial: St Helen's Church, Abingdon

Southwark (1709); Hatton Garden (1711)

Antiquary; Surgeon Education: Apprenticed to his father and then to Joseph Bateman of St Thomas's Hospital Career: Surgeon to St Thomas's Hospital; retired to Abingdon (before 1736); friend of William Stukeley (FRS 1718) Freemason, member 1723 and 1725, unnamed and unnumbered Lodge at Swan, Ludgate Street, London Memberships: FSA (1717) Son of Isaac Beckett, Surgeon, of Abingdon; proposed 1723 as Freemason by William Stukely FRS Fellow 11/12/1718 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB 'Freemasons and the Royal Society; Alphabetical List of Fellows of the Royal Society who are Masons' The Library and Museum of Freemasonry, 2010 page 9 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 'New discoveries relating to the cure of cancers' 1711 and 1712; Practical Surgery' ; Collection of Chirurgical Tracts' 1684 - 25 Nov 1738 NA6715 21/11/2001 Andyg pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/23691214 e46eed46-33f7-49ec-86a1-0fbf84b46b66