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Catalogue description SAUNDERS, WILLIAM
This record is held by Royal College of Physicians of London
| Reference: | MS-SAUNW |
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| Title: | SAUNDERS, WILLIAM |
| Description: |
Text of oration on the improvement of medicine, given by Saunders |
| Date: | 1790 |
| Held by: | Royal College of Physicians of London, not available at The National Archives |
| Legal status: | Not Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
Saunders, William (1743-1817) |
| Physical description: | 2 items |
| Access conditions: |
Open access |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
William Saunders (1743-1817) 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 [Munk's Roll Vol.II p.399] |
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