Hunter, William
| Dates | 1740-1783 | ||
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| Location | London | ||
| Vocation | Physician; man-midwife | ||
| Place of Birth | East Kilbride | ||
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| Place of birth | Source | Oxford Dictionary of National Biography |
Educated at Glasgow and Edinburgh. Went to London to study midwifery under William Smellie (1740). Began working under Scottish man-midwife James Douglas (1741), and established his own surgical and midwifery practice (1744). Began teaching anatomy (1746). Member of the Company of Surgeons (c.1747). Man-midwife to Middlesex Hospital (1748) and to British Lying-in Hospital (1749-1759). Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians of London (1756). Attended Queen Charlotte, and became her physician-extraordinary (1762). Joined Society of Collegiate Physicians (c.1762). Elected to the Royal Society (1767). Elected to the Society of Antiquaries (1768). Appointed Professor of Anatomy at the Royal Academy (1768). Moved into a purpose-guilt residence and teaching facility on Great Windmill Street (1768), where he remained for the rest of his life.
