Hunter, William, 1718-1783

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Anatomist, educator, and physician.

From the description of Collection, 1718-1783. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80915146

English anatomist and physician.

From the description of Autograph letter in third person : to Mr. Baker, 1781 June 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269520050

William Hunter was a Scottish anatomist and physician. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1767 and Professor of Anatomy to the Royal Academy in 1768. In 1768 he built the famous anatomy theatre and museum in Great Windmill Street, Soho, where the best British anatomists and surgeons of the period were trained. He died in 1783.

From the description of Two introductory lectures: handwritten bound draft, 1764-1783. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 407183112
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creatorOf Hunter, William, 1718-1783. Observations on the bones, commonly supposed to [be] elephants' bones, which have been found near the river Ohio in America : typescript, [ca. 1789]. Texas Christian University
referencedIn Chinese and other oriental books, manuscripts, and papers of Theophilus Bayer, 1694-1738, sinologist, 1600-1738 Glasgow University Library Special Collections
referencedIn Lecture notes taken in the anatomy and chirurgical lectures of William Hunter, 1718-1783, anatomist, delivered c1770, c1770 Glasgow University Library Special Collections
referencedIn The Papers of William Clift, 1780-1849 Royal College of Surgeons of England, London
creatorOf Hunter, William, 1718-1783. Abstracts from Dr. Hunter's Lectures on the Gravid Uterus, circa 1771. Harvard University, Medical School, Countway Library
creatorOf [William Hunter, biographical materials] University of Wisconsin - Madison, General Library System
creatorOf Hunter, William, 1718-1783. Collection, 1718-1783. Library of Congress
referencedIn Lecture notes taken in the anatomy and chirurgical lectures of William Hunter, 1718-1783, anatomist, delivered in 1768, 1768 Glasgow University Library Special Collections
creatorOf Hunter, William, 1718-1783. Anatomical and chirurgical lectures : read by Dr. William Hunter and Mr. William Cruikshank (on dissected bodies) : at their theatre in Windmill Street, Hay Market, London, taken in writing by William Tempest Mercer, a pupil attending the said lectures in 1775 and 1776. Yale University, Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library
referencedIn Hutchinson, James, 1752-1793. Papers, 1771-1928. American Philosophical Society Library
referencedIn Certificate of attendance at lectures by William Hunter, 1756. Houston Academy of Medicine, Texas Medical Center, Houston Academy of Medicine-Texas Medical Center Library
creatorOf Hunter, William, M.D. & F.R.S., 1718-1783. Lectures on the Gravid Uterus, 1779. Harvard University, Medical School, Countway Library
referencedIn William Shippen journal, July 19, 1759 - January 22, 1760, 1759-1760 American Philosophical Society
creatorOf Hunter, William, 1718-1783. Observations on the bones, commonly supposed to [be] elephants' bones, which have been found near the river Ohio in America : typescript copy, [ca. 1789]. University of Chicago Library
creatorOf Hunter, William, 1718-1783. A course of anatomical lectures of William Hunter : [London], [1772]. National Library of Medicine
referencedIn Autograph File, H Houghton Library
referencedIn The Daily Advertiser, October 1746, 8 October 1746 Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
referencedIn Lecture notes taken in the anatomy lectures of William Hunter, 1718-1783, anatomist, delivered in 1752, 1752 Glasgow University Library Special Collections
referencedIn James Hutchinson papers, 1771-1928, 1771-1928 American Philosophical Society
referencedIn Letters of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., collected and edited by George Birkbeck Hill, extra-illustrated, 1413-1900 (inclusive), 1775-1839 (bulk). Houghton Library
referencedIn Lecture notes on the Gravid Uterus, taken in the lectures of William Hunter, 1718-1783, anatomist, delivered c1774, c1774 Glasgow University Library Special Collections
referencedIn Shippen, William, 1736?-1808. Journal, 1759 July 19-1760 Jan. 22. American Philosophical Society Library
referencedIn Samuel Johnson letters, 1731-1784. Houghton Library
referencedIn Hewson family papers, 1767-1836, 1767-1836 American Philosophical Society
referencedIn Records of the Hunterian Museum, University of Glasgow, Scotland, 1750-1962 Glasgow University Library Special Collections
creatorOf Hunter, William, 1718-1783. Autograph letter in third person : to Mr. Baker, 1781 June 15. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Elmer, Jonathan, 1745-1817. Miscellania anatomica [et] physiologica : manuscript, 1767-1768. University of Pennsylvania Library
creatorOf Baker, George Sir, 1722-1809. Letter. Libraries Australia
referencedIn Hewson family. Papers, 1761-1836. American Philosophical Society Library
referencedIn Saffron, Morris Harold,. Collection of Literary and Historical Letters and Manuscripts, ca.1700-1992. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
creatorOf Hunter, William, 1718-1783. Two introductory lectures: handwritten bound draft, 1764-1783. Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens
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associatedWith Bayer, Theophilus Gottlieb Siegfried (1694-1738: sinologist) person
associatedWith Elmer, Jonathan, 1745-1817. person
associatedWith George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, person
associatedWith Grenville, George, 1712-1770, person
associatedWith Hawkins, Caesar, Sir, 1711-1786. person
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associatedWith Hutchinson, James, 1752-1793. person
correspondedWith Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784 person
associatedWith Reuben T. Durrett Collection on Kentucky and the Ohio River Valley (University of Chicago. Library) corporateBody
associatedWith Saffron, Morris Harold, person
associatedWith Shippen, William, 1736?-1808. person
associatedWith The Daily Advertiser person
associatedWith University of Chicago. Library. corporateBody
associatedWith William Clift, 1775-1849 person
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