Authorised form of name | Gull; Sir; William Withey (1816 - 1890) |
Dates | 1816 - 1890 |
Nationality | British |
Place of birth | Colchester, Essex, England |
Date of birth | 31 December 1816 |
Place of death | Thorpe-le-Soken, Essex |
Date of death | 29 January 1890 |
Occupation | Physician |
Activity | Education: MD (1846, London) Career: Went to London (1834); entered Guy's Hospital (1837); Fullerian Professor, Royal Institution (1847-1849); Physician, Guy's Hospital (1858); attended Prince of Wales (later Edward VII) during an attack of typhoid fever (1871); member of the General Medical Council (1871-1883); Physician in Ordinary to Queen Victoria (1887-1890); died of apoplexy, leaving £344,000 Honours: Bt 1872 Memberships: MRCS (1841); FRCP
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Membership category | Fellow |
Date of election | 03/06/1869 |
Relationships | Son of John Gull, barge owner and wharfinger |
Source | Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB Obituaries: Proc Roy Soc 1890 vol 48 pp viii-xii signed by P H P S References: Vanity Fair 18 December 1875 Notes: William Odling's signature on election certificate has been crossed out, with a note: 'On the Council' |
Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/57395983 |
Code | NA6348 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNo | Title | Date |
EC/1869/10 | Gull, Sir William Withey: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
VF/14 | Portrait of Sir William Withey Gull by Carlo Pellegrini | 18 December 1875 |
IM/001813 | Gull, Sir William Withey | 1999 |
MC/8/455 | Letter from William W [Withey] Gull, 74 Brook Street, Grosvenor Square, to Walter White, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society | 22 November 1869 |
MC/8/458 | Letter from William W [Withey] Gull, 74 Brook Street, Grosvenor Square, to the Royal Society | 25 November 1869 |
MC/8 | Volume 8 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1867-1869 |
MC/14 | Volume 14 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1885-1888 |