GILBERT, William | British History Online

Physicians and Irregular Medical Practitioners in London 1550-1640 Database. Originally published by Centre for Metropolitan History, London, 2004.

Citation:

Margaret Pelling, Frances White, 'GILBERT, William', in Physicians and Irregular Medical Practitioners in London 1550-1640 Database( London, 2004), British History Online https://prod.british-history.ac.uk/no-series/london-physicians/1550-1640/gilbert-william [accessed 27 November 2024].

William GILBERT

Biography


Name	William GILBERT (GILBARD, GILBERD)
Gender	Male
Primary occupation	medical physician (MD) (F of SJC Cantab 1561. Physician to EI & JI. Author. Physicist.)
Period of medical practice	1569-1603
Place of birth	England (b Clare, Suffolk. Father lived at Colchester by 1558)
Date of birth	1540
Date of death	30 Nov 1603
Address	St Peters Hall, St Peter Paul's Wharf (later life - d. 1603). Buried Colchester, Essex.
Other notes	Ca 1558 BA 1561 MA 1564 MD 1569. FRCP by 1581. Pres 1600. See Munk. Will PCC 1604.

College membership


Date of BA	1561
Date of MA	1564
Medical education (university)	Cambridge
Medical education (years)	5
Date of MD	1569
Date became Fellow	by 1579
Date of Fellowship	1579-1603
Date elected censor	1581-1590
Date made Elect	1597
Date elected Treasurer	1587-1599
Date elected Consiliarius	1597-1599
Date elected President	1600-1600
Offices held	Ce 1581-2,1584-7,1589-90. Treas 1587-9,1597-9
Other notes	Ca 1558. MD Cantab 1569?
Date of birth	1540
Date of death	30 Nov 1603