GB 1538 S74 - HUNTER, William (1718-1783): notes from his lectures on anatomy

3 volumes

Presented to the College Library by Lord Cohen of Birkenhead in January 1965.

GB 1538 S74 [1746-1783] Collection (fonds) 3 volumes Unknown

William Hunter was born, 1718; attended the local Latin school; Glasgow University, 1731-1736; medical apprenticeship in Hamilton; went to London to learn midwifery from William Smellie, 1740; John Douglas's anatomy assistant and tutor to Douglas's son William George, 1741; surgical pupil of David Wilkie at St George's Hospital; studied anatomy and surgery, Paris, 1743- 1744; began building a surgical and midwifery practice, London; set up an anatomy course, 1746; member of the Company of Surgeons, 1747; temporary man-midwife at the Middlesex Hospital, 1748; man-midwife to the new British Lying-in Hospital, 1749-1759; member of the Society of London Physicians, 1754; licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians, 1756; consultant physician, British Lying-in Hospital, 1759; Physician-Extraordinary to the Queen, 1762; steward, then treasurer, and finally President of the Society of Collegiate Physicians; fellow of the Royal Society, 1767; Professor of Anatomy, Royal Academy of Art, 1768; died, 1783.

Presented to the College Library by Lord Cohen of Birkenhead in January 1965.

Transferred from the Library to the College Archives in August 2007.

Manuscript notes by an unknown student taken from lectures on anatomy given by William Hunter, undated.

By volume

English

Bound in a volume.

No additional finding aids.

Other lectures by William Hunter (ref: S86).

Compiled by Sarah Drewery.
Sources: Oxford DNB.

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.

Jul 2008 Teaching methods Lectures (teaching method) Higher science education Medical education Biology Anatomy Hunter , William , 1718-1783 , anatomist and surgeon

Transferred from the Library to the College Archives in August 2007.

Manuscript notes by an unknown student taken from lectures on anatomy given by William Hunter, undated.

By volume

• inglês

• latim

English

Other lectures by William Hunter (ref: S86).

No additional finding aids.

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.

• inglês