Search results
William Hunter FRS (23 May 1718 – 30 March 1783) was a Scottish anatomist and physician. He was a leading teacher of anatomy, and the outstanding obstetrician of his day. His guidance and training of his equally famous brother, John Hunter , was also of great importance.
William Hunter, the older brother of noted anatomist John Hunter (1728–1793), was born in 1718 in East Kilbride, Lanarkshire, Scotland. After studying at the University of Glasgow as a young man, he became the resident pupil of William Cullen at Hamilton. Moving to London in 1741, he assisted James Douglas in his dissections for a work on the ...
Oct 16, 2019 · William Hunter (1718–1783) was a Scottish anatomist and physician (Fig. 1). He was a leading teacher of anatomy and an outstanding obstetrician of his day . His greatest work, Anatomia uteri humani gravidi, on the anatomical details of uterus and fetus at different stages, was published almost 250 years ago . Hunter’s remarkable work is a ...
- Sanjib Kumar Ghosh, Ashutosh Kumar
- 10.1007/s13224-019-01283-7
- 2021
- 2021/02
May 19, 2024 · William Hunter (born May 23, 1718, Long Calderwood, Lanarkshire, Scot.—died March 30, 1783, London, Eng.) was a British obstetrician, educator, and medical writer who did much, by his high standards of teaching and medical practice, to remove obstetrics from the hands of the midwives and establish it as an accepted branch of medicine.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Jun 11, 2018 · William Hunter. The Scottish anatomist and obstetrician William Hunter (1718-1783) was instrumental in improving the practice of obstetrics and establishing it as a medical discipline. William Hunter was born on May 23, 1718, near East Kilbride, Lanarkshire.
Dr William Hunter. Hunterian founder, Dr William Hunter, was a physician and teacher of anatomy. He used his wealth to build up the vast private collection which is the cornerstone of The Hunterian collections today. His bequest to the University of Glasgow in 1783 also provided money to build a new museum to house the collections.
People also ask
Who is William Hunter?
When did William Hunter die?
Who was John Hunter?
What did William Hunter do in 1741?
Hunter amassed a huge collection of coins, works of art, scientific specimens and ethnographic items, which he bequeathed to his old university in Glasgow as well as the money to construct a suitable building to display the collections. The Hunterian Museum opened in 1807, making it Scotland's oldest museum. William Hunter, 1718 - 1783.
Searches related to William Hunter (anatomist)
william hunter 1555 william hunter wood william hunter martyr william hunter artist william hunter marquette william hunter facebook william hunter focal infection
