Edmund Wilson MD FRCP (1583 – September 1633) was a

Canon of Windsor The Dean and Canons of Windsor are the ecclesiastical body of St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle. Foundation The college of canons was established in 1348 by Letters Patent of King Edward III. It was formally constituted on the feast of ...

from 1616 to 1617 and a

physician A physician (American English), medical practitioner (Commonwealth English), medical doctor, or simply doctor, is a health professional who practices medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring health through th ...

Family

He was the son of William Wilson, Canon of Windsor.

Career

He was educated at

Eton College Eton College () is a public school in Eton, Berkshire, England. It was founded in 1440 by Henry VI under the name ''Kynge's College of Our Ladye of Eton besyde Windesore'',Nevill, p. 3 ff. intended as a sister institution to King's College, C ...

and

King's College, Cambridge King's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Formally The King's College of Our Lady and Saint Nicholas in Cambridge, the college lies beside the River Cam and faces out onto King's Parade in the centre of the city ...

where he graduated BA in 1601, MA in 1606, MD in 1613. He was appointed

Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) is a British professional membership body dedicated to improving the practice of medicine, chiefly through the accreditation of physicians by examination. Founded by royal charter from King Henry VIII in 1 ...

in 1615 and practised as a physician in Windsor and London.The New England Historical and Genealogical Register,: Volume 42 1888, Volume 42. p.177. Henry Fritz-Gilbert Waters, New England Historic Genealogical Society. Heritage Books, 1 Dec 1996 He was appointed to the seventh stall in

St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle in England is a castle chapel built in the late-medieval Perpendicular Gothic style. It is both a Royal Peculiar (a church under the direct jurisdiction of the monarch) and the Chapel of the Order of the Gar ...

in 1616 and held the canonry until 1617 when he was deprived of it for not having been ordained priest within a year of his installation.

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1583 births 1633 deaths Canons of Windsor Alumni of King's College, Cambridge People educated at Eton College Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians {{England-med-bio-stub