School of Anatomy (medical school: 1768-: Great Windmill Street, London, England)

The surgeon George Pepplewell (fl.1776) attended a series of lectures on anatomy and surgery by William Hunter and William Cumberland Cruikshank in 1776 . These took place at the School of Anatomy on Great Windmill Street, London, England, founded by William Hunter in 1768.

William Hunter was born in Long Calderwood, Lanarkshire, Scotland, in 1718 Intended for the church, he attended the University of Glasgow from 1731-1736 where he was exposed to the philosophical teachings of Francis Hutcheson which turned him against the rigid dogmas of Presbyterian theology. An acquaintance with the physician William Cullen (1710-1790) disposed him to the medical profession, and he studied with Cullen for three years. Eager to widen his experience, he went to London in 1741 where he worked as an assistant to William Smellie MD (1697-1763) and then from 1741-1742 with James Douglas, both of whom fostered his interest in obstetrics and gynaecology. Between 1741-1749 he was tutor to William George Douglas.

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