William Robert Whatton
FRS,
FSA (17 February 1790, in
Loughborough – 5 December 1835, in
Portland Place
Portland Place is a street in the Marylebone district of central London. Named after the Third Duke of Portland, the unusually wide street is home to BBC Broadcasting House, the Chinese and Polish embassies, the Royal Institute of British A ...
) was a British
surgeon
In modern medicine, a surgeon is a medical professional who performs surgery. Although there are different traditions in different times and places, a modern surgeon usually is also a licensed physician or received the same medical training as ...
and
antiquarian
An antiquarian or antiquary () is an fan (person), aficionado or student of antiquities or things of the past. More specifically, the term is used for those who study history with particular attention to ancient artifact (archaeology), artifac ...
.
He was qualified
MCRS on 11 March 1810.
He served at Da Graça Hospital,
Lisbon
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, treating the wounded from the
Battle of Albuera
The Battle of Albuera (16 May 1811) was a battle during the Peninsular War. A mixed British, Spanish and Portuguese corps engaged elements of the French Armée du Midi (Army of the South) at the small Spanish village of Albuera, about south ...
. He treated the wounded from the
Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo (1812), and the
Siege of Badajoz (1812)
In the siege of Badajoz (16 March – 6 April 1812), also called the third siege of Badajoz, an Anglo-Portuguese Army under the Earl of Wellington (later the Duke of Wellington) besieged Badajoz, Spain, and forced the surrender of the F ...
.
He was appointed resident to the
Poorhouse,
Manchester
Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The t ...
.
On 15 September 1830 he attended
William Huskisson, who had been struck by a train and died. He was elected staff of the
Manchester Royal Infirmary
Manchester Royal Infirmary (MRI) is a large NHS teaching hospital in Chorlton-on-Medlock, Manchester, England. Founded by Charles White in 1752 as part of the voluntary hospital movement of the 18th century, it is now a major regional and nati ...
in 1833.
Works
''An address to the governors of the Royal Institution of Manchester'' H. Smith, 1829; Kessinger Publishing, 15 January 2009,
Samuel Hibbert, John Palmer, William Robert Whatton, J. Greswell, Thomas Agnew and Joseph Zanetti, 1848, ASIN: B00AYV4TBG.
*''History of the County Palatine and Duchy of Lancaster.'' William Robert Whatton, Edward Baines, BiblioBazaar, LLC,
References
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British surgeons
Fellows of the Royal Society
Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of London
1790 births
1835 deaths