Fonds GB 0113 MS-WHISD - WHISTLER, Daniel (1618/19-1684)

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GB 0113 MS-WHISD

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WHISTLER, Daniel (1618/19-1684)

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  • 17th century (Creation)

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9 items

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Biographical history

Born, 1618 or 1619; educated: the free school of Thame, Oxfordshire; Trinity College, Oxford, 1635-1639; fellow of Merton College, 1640; studied medicine at Leiden, 1642-1645; incorporated his Leiden MD at Oxford, 1647; Professor of Geometry at Gresham College, 1648-1656; fellow of the College of Physicians, 1649; cared for seamen, wounded in the Dutch war, at Ipswich, Harwich, and possibly London, 1653-1654; physician to Bulstrode Whitelocke's embassy to Sweden, 1653; practised in London, 1654-; served twelve terms as censor of the College of Physicians between 1657 and 1680; College of Physicians registrar, 1674-1682; College of Physicians elect from 1676; College of Physicians treasurer, 1682; College of Physicians president, 1683; died, 1684.

Archival history

GB 0113 MS-WHISD 17th century fonds 9 items Whistler , Daniel , [1618]-1684 , physician

Born, 1618 or 1619; educated: the free school of Thame, Oxfordshire; Trinity College, Oxford, 1635-1639; fellow of Merton College, 1640; studied medicine at Leiden, 1642-1645; incorporated his Leiden MD at Oxford, 1647; Professor of Geometry at Gresham College, 1648-1656; fellow of the College of Physicians, 1649; cared for seamen, wounded in the Dutch war, at Ipswich, Harwich, and possibly London, 1653-1654; physician to Bulstrode Whitelocke's embassy to Sweden, 1653; practised in London, 1654-; served twelve terms as censor of the College of Physicians between 1657 and 1680; College of Physicians registrar, 1674-1682; College of Physicians elect from 1676; College of Physicians treasurer, 1682; College of Physicians president, 1683; died, 1684.

Provenance of the Collection is unknown.

Papers of Daniel Whistler, including commonplace books of prescriptions, diagnoses, exercises in metaphysics and logic, philology, definitions of terms, notes on heraldry and extracts from Aristotle and Hippocrates (in Greek) and from Mercurialis, Fernelius, Sennentus, and others (in Latin); extracts from Tacitus, Caesar, Suetonius, Plutarch, Strabo, Pliny, Quintilian, Aeschylus and Valerius Maximus, in the hand of Whistler; In Aristotelis lib.3 Physicorum Commentarius Analyticus in the hand of Whistler; cash book, pharmacopoeia and medical aphorisms.

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Available at the Royal College of Physicians.

Imported from the RCP's Adlib catalogue; edited 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. Aug 2008 Linguistics Commonplace books Documents Heraldry Information sources Literary analysis Literature Logic Manuscripts Medical sciences Pharmacopoeias Philology Philosophy Prescriptions Whistler , Daniel , [1618]-1684 , physician

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Provenance of the Collection is unknown.

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Papers of Daniel Whistler, including commonplace books of prescriptions, diagnoses, exercises in metaphysics and logic, philology, definitions of terms, notes on heraldry and extracts from Aristotle and Hippocrates (in Greek) and from Mercurialis, Fernelius, Sennentus, and others (in Latin); extracts from Tacitus, Caesar, Suetonius, Plutarch, Strabo, Pliny, Quintilian, Aeschylus and Valerius Maximus, in the hand of Whistler; In Aristotelis lib.3 Physicorum Commentarius Analyticus in the hand of Whistler; cash book, pharmacopoeia and medical aphorisms.

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Accruals

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Open for consultation, unless otherwise indicated.

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All requests should be referred to the Archivist.

Language of material

  • English

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  • Latin

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English, Latin and Greek

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Available at the Royal College of Physicians.

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Royal College of Physicians

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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.

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  • English

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