| Authorised form of name | Wells; William Charles (1757 - 1817) |
| Dates | 1757 - 1817 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Charleston, South Carolina |
| Date of birth | 24 May 1757 |
| Place of death | At his lodgings in Serjeant's Inn, London |
| Date of death | 18 September 1817 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Burial:
St Bride's, Fleet Street, London |
| Occupation | Physician; Surgeon |
| Activity | Education:
Dumfries and Edinburgh, Scotland. MD (1780, Edinburgh); LCP (1788)
Career:
Apprenticed to Dr Alexander Garden (FRS 1773) in Charleston (1771); went to London, then Edinburgh (1775); Surgeon to a Scots regiment in the Service of the United Provinces (1779); resigned his commission after arguing with his commanding officer; volunteer, printer, bookseller and merchant, South Carolina (1780-1784); became friendly with Matthew Baillie in London, and set up practice (1784); Physician, St Thomas's Hospital, London (1795-1817)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 07/11/1793 |
| RSActivity | Medals and prizes:
Rumford Medal 1814 |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
References:
C F A Pantin, 'Alfred Russel Wallace, FRS, and His Essays of 1858 and 1855' in NR 1959 vol 14 pp 67-84
F Kurzer, 'The life and work of Charles Tomlinson FRS: A Career in Victorian Science and Technology' in NR 2004 vol 58 pp 203-226 |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/3406075 |
| 3406075 |
| Code | NA7928 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| PT/5/19 | Paper, 'Observations and experiments on vision' by William Charles Wells | [1811] |
| L&P/11/35 | Paper, 'Observations and experiments on the colour of blood' by William Charles Wells | 1797 |
| L&P/10/108 | Paper, 'Observations on the influence which causes the muscles of animals to contract in Galvani's experiments' by William Charles Wells | 1795 |
| EC/1793/11 | Wells, William Charles : certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| AP/3/20 | Unpublished paper, 'An account of a female of the white race of mankind, part of whose skin resembles that of a negroe [sic], with some observations on the causes of the differences in colour and form between the white and negroe [sic] races of men' by William Charles Wells | [early 19th century] |