William Blizard
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Sir William Blizard was an English surgeon.
He was born in Barn Elms, Surrey, the fourth child of auctioneer William Blizard. After an apprenticeship to a surgeon in Mortlake he went to study at the London Hospital where he was a pupil of Sir Percivall Pott and John Hunter
. In 1780 he was appointed surgeon and in 1785 founded with McLaurin the medical school there, largely at his own expense. He also held public medical consultations at Batson's Coffee House in Cornhill. He was surgeon to the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester.
He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society
in 1787. He worked for twenty years as a lecturer on surgery and anatomy at the Royal College of Surgeons and was their president twice (1814 and 1822) and Hunterian Orator three times (1813, 1823 and 1828). He also delivered the Croonian lecture there in 1809. He was the founder and first president of the Hunterian Society
1819–1822. He was knighted in 1803.
On his death at 92 he was initially buried in Brixton but subsequently moved to Norwood Cemetery. His nephew was Thomas Blizard Curling
He was born in Barn Elms, Surrey, the fourth child of auctioneer William Blizard. After an apprenticeship to a surgeon in Mortlake he went to study at the London Hospital where he was a pupil of Sir Percivall Pott and John Hunter
John Hunter (surgeon)
John Hunter FRS was a Scottish surgeon regarded as one of the most distinguished scientists and surgeons of his day. He was an early advocate of careful observation and scientific method in medicine. The Hunterian Society of London was named in his honour...
. In 1780 he was appointed surgeon and in 1785 founded with McLaurin the medical school there, largely at his own expense. He also held public medical consultations at Batson's Coffee House in Cornhill. He was surgeon to the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester.
He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society
Royal Society
The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, known simply as the Royal Society, is a learned society for science, and is possibly the oldest such society in existence. Founded in November 1660, it was granted a Royal Charter by King Charles II as the "Royal Society of London"...
in 1787. He worked for twenty years as a lecturer on surgery and anatomy at the Royal College of Surgeons and was their president twice (1814 and 1822) and Hunterian Orator three times (1813, 1823 and 1828). He also delivered the Croonian lecture there in 1809. He was the founder and first president of the Hunterian Society
Hunterian Society
The Hunterian Society, founded in 1819 in honour of the Scottish surgeon John Hunter , is a society of physicians and dentists based in London....
1819–1822. He was knighted in 1803.
On his death at 92 he was initially buried in Brixton but subsequently moved to Norwood Cemetery. His nephew was Thomas Blizard Curling
Thomas Blizard Curling
Thomas Blizard Curling was a British surgeon.He was born in Tavistock Place, London in 1811, the son of civil sevant Daniel and Elizabeth Curling and educated at Manor House, Chiswick...