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Adm. pens. (age 16) at TRINITY, Dec. 10, 1803. 2nd s. of John, M.D., of Newcastle-on-Tyne, for whom see D.N.B. B. there Apr. 5, 1788. School, Welton, Yorks. (Mr Popple). ' Matric. Michs. 1804; Prizeman; Scholar, 1807; B.A. (7th Wrangler) 1808; M.A. 1811; M.L. 1813; M.D. 1827. Fellow, 1809. Professor of Anatomy, 1817-66. Studied medicine in London. F.R.C.P., 1830. F.R.S., 1836. Ord. 1818. V. of Arrington, Cambs., 1824-5. V. of Wymeswold, Leics., 1825. R. of Guiseley, Yorks., 1826-59; non-resident except for about three months, but took pains to select a good curate; restored the Church and rectory and built new schools. A friend of Lord Byron. Married Mary, dau. of Robert Darling Willis, M.D., 1827. A distinguished anatomist; commenced the acquisition of the extensive museum of comparative anatomy. Author, Analysis of a Course of Lectures on the Anatomy and Physiology of the Human Body, etc. Died Sept. 15, 1869, at Cambridge. Father of John W. (1851). (Boase; D.N.B.)