SAUNDERS, William (1743-1817)
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0113 MS-SAUNW |
Held at | : Royal College of Physicians Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.rcplondon.ac.uk/archive-and-historical-library-collections › |
Full title | : SAUNDERS, William (1743-1817) |
Date(s) | : 1790 |
Level of description | : Collection (fonds) |
Extent | : 1 file |
Name of creator(s) | : Saunders | William | 1743-1817 | physician |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
William Saunders was born in Banff, Scotland in 1743. He graduated MD Edinburgh in 1765 and then came to live in London where he gained LRCP in 1769 and was elected physician at Guy's Hospital in 1770. He became FRCP in 1790 and held various College positions including Censor, Goulstonian lecturer (1792) and Harveian orator (1796). He became Physician Extraordinary to the Prince Regent in 1807. Saunders died at Enfield, Middlesex in 1817. [Source - Lives of the Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians vol II p399].
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Text of oration on the improvement of medicine given by Saunders, 27 Jan 1790.
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
English
System of arrangement:
Conditions governing access:
Unrestricted
Conditions governing reproduction:
All requests should be referred to the Archivist.
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Archival Information
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Allied Materials
Related material:
Wellcome Library holds lecture notes of Saunders, c1785 (Ref: MSS 4371-72).
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Description Notes
Archivist's note:
Compiled by Cathy Thornton.
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Date(s) of descriptions:
Compiled 30 Mar 2001; modified 2 Apr 2001, 14 Jan 2002.
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