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William Hunter
William Hunter
William Hunter
Born23 May 1718
East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire
Died30 March 1783
London
NationalityScottish
Fieldsanatomy
Alma materUniversity of Glasgow

William Hunter (23 May 1718 – 30 March 1783) was a Scottish anatomist and physician. Events 1430 - Siege of Compiègne: Joan of Arc is captured by the Burgundians while leading an army to relieve Compiègne Year 1718 ( MDCCXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a East Kilbride is a large suburban town in the South Lanarkshire council area of Scotland. South Lanarkshire ( Siorrachd Lannraig a Deas in Gaelic) is one of 32 unitary council areas of Scotland, covering the southern part of the Events 240 BC - 1st recorded Perihelion passage of Halley's Comet. Year 1783 ( MDCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. Anatomy (from the Greek anatomia, from ana separate apart from and temnein, to cut up cut open is a branch of Biology that is the consideration Alma mater is Latin for "nourishing mother" It was used in Ancient Rome as a title for the mother Goddess, and in Medieval The University of Glasgow (Oilthigh Ghlaschu was founded in 1451 in Glasgow, Scotland and along with its contemporary institutions the University of St Andrews Events 1430 - Siege of Compiègne: Joan of Arc is captured by the Burgundians while leading an army to relieve Compiègne Year 1718 ( MDCCXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 240 BC - 1st recorded Perihelion passage of Halley's Comet. Year 1783 ( MDCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. Anatomy (from the Greek anatomia, from ana separate apart from and temnein, to cut up cut open is a branch of Biology that is the consideration A physician, medical practitioner or medical doctor who practices Medicine, and is concerned with maintaining or restoring human Health

He was born at Long Calderwood near East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire, the elder brother of John Hunter. East Kilbride is a large suburban town in the South Lanarkshire council area of Scotland. South Lanarkshire ( Siorrachd Lannraig a Deas in Gaelic) is one of 32 unitary council areas of Scotland, covering the southern part of the John Hunter ( February 13, 1728 - October 16, 1793) was a Scottish surgeon regarded as one of the most distinguished scientists After studying divinity at the University of Glasgow, he went into medicine in 1737, studying under William Cullen. The University of Glasgow (Oilthigh Ghlaschu was founded in 1451 in Glasgow, Scotland and along with its contemporary institutions the University of St Andrews Medicine is the art and science of healing It encompasses a range of Health care practices evolved to maintain and restore Human Health by the Year 1737 ( MDCCXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a William Cullen ( 15 April 1710 – 5 February 1790) was a Scottish doctor and Chemist. He was trained in anatomy at St George's Hospital, London, and specialised in midwifery. Anatomy (from the Greek anatomia, from ana separate apart from and temnein, to cut up cut open is a branch of Biology that is the consideration St George's Hospital, founded in 1733, is a teaching hospital in London, England. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Midwifery is a Health care profession where providers give Prenatal care to expecting Mothers attend the birth of the Infant He was also one of William Smellie's pupils.

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Early career

In 1764, he became physician to Queen Charlotte. Year 1764 ( MDCCLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Queen Charlotte, (née Duchess Sophia Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz; 19 May 1744 – 17 November 1818) was the He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1767 and Professor of Anatomy to the Royal Academy in 1768. The Royal Society of London for the Improvement of Natural Knowledge, known simply as The Royal Society, is a Learned society for science that was founded in 1660 Year 1767 ( MDCCLXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a This article refers to an art institution in London For other meanings of Royal Academy see Royal Academy (disambiguation. Year 1768 ( MDCCLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a

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To aid his teaching of dissection, in 1775 Hunter commissioned sculptor Agostino Carlini to make a cast of the flayed but muscular corpse of a recently executed criminal, a smuggler. Dissection (also called anatomization) is usually the process of disassembling and observing something to determine its internal structure and as an aid to discerning the function Agostino Carlini (1718?-August 1790 was an Italian sculptor and painter who was born in Genoa but settled in England.

Professor of Anatomy

He was professor of anatomy at the Royal Academy of Arts in London from 1769 until 1772 (his lectures have been published by M. This article refers to an art institution in London For other meanings of Royal Academy see Royal Academy (disambiguation. Kemp, "Dr. William Hunter at the Royal Academy of Arts", Glasgow University Press, 1975). He was very interested in arts, had very strong connection to the artistic world and was involved in the problems connected to the illustration of anatomical treatises: in fact, he personally followed the illustration of the "Anatomia uteri umani gravidi" (Birmingham, 1774). He chose as a model for a clear, precise but schematic illustration of anatomic dissections the drawings by Leonardo da Vinci conserved in the Royal Collection at Windsor: Kenneth Clark considers him responsible for the Eighteenth-century rediscovery of Leonardo's drawings in England. Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci ( April 15 1452 – May 2 1519 was an Italian Polymath, having been a scientist Mathematician, Engineer Windsor Castle, in Windsor in the English county of Berkshire, is the largest inhabited Castle in the world and dating back to the time of

In 1770 he built himself a house fully equipped for the practice of his science, and this formed the nucleus the University of Glasgow's Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery. Year 1770 ( MDCCLXX) was a Common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Friday The University of Glasgow (Oilthigh Ghlaschu was founded in 1451 in Glasgow, Scotland and along with its contemporary institutions the University of St Andrews The University of Glasgow 's Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery is the oldest public museum in Scotland.

An avid coin and book collector

William Hunter was an avid antique coin collector and the Hunter Coin cabinet in the Hunterian Museum is one of the world's great collections. According to the Preface of Catalogue of Greek Coins in the Hunterian Collection (Macdonald 1899), Hunter purchased many important collections, including those of Horace Walpole and the bibliophile Thomas Crofts. Horace Walpole 4th Earl of Orford ( 24 September, 1717 &ndash 2 March, 1797) more commonly known as Horace Walpole, was a politician The Reverend and Learned Thomas Crofts FRS FSA ( 1722 - 8 November 1781) was a British Bibliophile, Anglican priest Fellow of the King George III even donated an Athenian gold piece. George III (George William Frederick 4 June 1738 George III's long reign was marked by a series of military conflicts involving his kingdom much of the rest of Europe and places

When the famous book collection of Anthony Askew, the Bibliotheca Askeviana, was auctioned off upon Askew's death in 1774, Hunter purchased many significant volumes in the face of stiff competition from the British Museum. Anthony Askew ( fl 1699-1774 Physician and Book collector, was born in Kendal. Year 1774 ( MDCCLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a The British Museum is a Museum of human history and culture in London.

He died in 1783, aged 64, and was buried in London at St James's, Piccadilly. Year 1783 ( MDCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. St James's Church Piccadilly is an Anglican church on Piccadilly in the centre of London, UK

Anecdote

He used to relate the following anecdote: During the American war, he was consulted by the daughter of a peer, who confessed herself pregnant, and requested his assistance; he advised her to retire for a time to the house of some confidential friend; she said that was impossible, as her father would not suffer her to be absent from him a single day. Some of the servants were, therefore, let into the secret, and the doctor made his arrangement with the treasurer of the Foundling Hospital for the reception of the child, for which he was to pay. The lady was desired to weigh well if she could bear pain without alarming the family by her cries; she said "Yes," and she kept her word. At the usual period she was delivered, not of one child only, but of twins. The doctor, bearing the two children, was conducted by a French servant through the kitchen, and left to ascend the area steps into the street. Luckily the lady's maid recollected that the door of the area might perhaps be locked; and she followed the doctor just in time to prevent his being detained at the gate. He deposited the children at the Foundling Hospital, and paid for each. The father of the children was a colonel of the army who went with his regiment to America and died there. The mother afterwards married a person of her own rank.

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Persondata
NAMEHunter, William
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTIONanatomist
DATE OF BIRTHMay 23, 1718
PLACE OF BIRTHEast Kilbride, South Lanarkshire, Scotland
DATE OF DEATHMarch 30, 1783
PLACE OF DEATH
Events 1430 - Siege of Compiègne: Joan of Arc is captured by the Burgundians while leading an army to relieve Compiègne Year 1718 ( MDCCXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a East Kilbride is a large suburban town in the South Lanarkshire council area of Scotland. South Lanarkshire ( Siorrachd Lannraig a Deas in Gaelic) is one of 32 unitary council areas of Scotland, covering the southern part of the Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. Events 240 BC - 1st recorded Perihelion passage of Halley's Comet. Year 1783 ( MDCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or
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