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William Heberden was born in Southwark, London, in 1710. He was educated at the local grammar school. He transferred to St John's College, Cambridge, in 1724, and became a Fellow in 1730. He practised as a physician in Cambridge for several years, delivering a series of lectures on Materia Medica, for 10 years. He was admitted as a Candidate of the College of Physicians, in 1745 and a Fellow in 1746. He settled in London in 1748, and was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1749. He was also nominated Gulstonian Lecturer in 1749; Harveian orator in 1750; and Croonian lecturer in 1760. He was censor in 1749, 1755, and 1760; Consiliarius in 1762; and was constituted an Elect in 1762, which he resigned in 1781. He died in 1801.
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GB 0114 MS0256 1749-1932 Collection (fonds) 1 volume Heberden , William , 1710-1801 , surgeon
William Heberden was born in Southwark, London, in 1710. He was educated at the local grammar school. He transferred to St John's College, Cambridge, in 1724, and became a Fellow in 1730. He practised as a physician in Cambridge for several years, delivering a series of lectures on Materia Medica, for 10 years. He was admitted as a Candidate of the College of Physicians, in 1745 and a Fellow in 1746. He settled in London in 1748, and was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1749. He was also nominated Gulstonian Lecturer in 1749; Harveian orator in 1750; and Croonian lecturer in 1760. He was censor in 1749, 1755, and 1760; Consiliarius in 1762; and was constituted an Elect in 1762, which he resigned in 1781. He died in 1801.
Donated by Sir H Rolleston and Mr R R James, in 1932.
Papers of William Heberden, 1749-1932, comprising a volume containing a manuscript titled Three Lectures containing some observations on the History, Nature and Cure of Poisons, read by Heberden at the College of Physicians, 24-26 Aug 1749, probably as part of the Gulstonian Lecture series; 2 receipts addressed to the Overseers of the Poor of Wittlesford, by T Prince; and letters pasted into the back of the volume from R R James, Sir Humphrey D Rolleston (Fellow of St John's College, Cambridge), and H L Pink regarding the donation of the volume, Nov 1931- Jan 1932.
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Source: Munk, Roll of the Royal College of Physicians, Vol II p159
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
Sep 2008 James , Robert Rutson , 1881-1959 , surgeon Heberden , William , 1710-1801 , surgeon Pathological conditions, signs and symptoms Signs and symptoms Body temperature changes Diseases Fever Teaching methods Lectures (teaching method) Pathology Toxicology Poisoning Rolleston , Sir , Humphrey Davy , 1862-1944 , Knight , physician London England UK Western Europe Europe Cambridge Cambridgeshire
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Donated by Sir H Rolleston and Mr R R James, in 1932.
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Papers of William Heberden, 1749-1932, comprising a volume containing a manuscript titled Three Lectures containing some observations on the History, Nature and Cure of Poisons, read by Heberden at the College of Physicians, 24-26 Aug 1749, probably as part of the Gulstonian Lecture series; 2 receipts addressed to the Overseers of the Poor of Wittlesford, by T Prince; and letters pasted into the back of the volume from R R James, Sir Humphrey D Rolleston (Fellow of St John's College, Cambridge), and H L Pink regarding the donation of the volume, Nov 1931- Jan 1932.
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