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Authorised form of nameWillan; Robert (1757 - 1812)
Dates1757 - 1812
NationalityBritish
Place of birthHill, near Sedburgh, Yorkshire, England
Date of birth12 November 1757
Place of deathMadeira
Date of death12 April 1812
OccupationPhysician
Research fieldDermatology
ActivityEducation:
MD (1780, Edinburgh)
Career:
Started to practice in Darlington (1781); Physician, Public Dispensary, London, upon its establishment (1783); classical scholar and antiquary; first in England to classify skin diseases; wrote 'Description and treatment of cutaneous diseases' (1798-1808); went to Madeira after developing symptoms of consumption
Memberships:
FSA
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election23/02/1809
RelationshipsSon of Robert Willian, doctor and Quaker
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
CodeNA3237
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
EC/1808/14Willan, Robert: certificate of election to the Royal Society
NLB/68/607Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to the Secretary of the Royal College of Physicians; Pall Mall East, S.W.1.22 September 1925
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