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William [[name::TURTON] 1762-1835
Biographical Note
Son of a Gloucestershire solicitor. BA Oriel College, Oxford 1785, MA and MB 1791. Physician of Swansea 1807, of Dublin 1813-1816, of Teignmouth 1819, of Torquay 1822, and of Bideford 1831. He was noted as a naturalist and conchologist, and was the author of numerous works on natural science. As physician at Teignmouth, he treated Tom [[name::KEATS], brother to the poet John [[name::KEATS].
Books
At least one medical book is extant from his library.
Characteristic Markings
Armorial bookplate (unrecorded in Franks).
Sources
- Gigante, D. The Keats Brothers (2011).
- Richardson, J. Keats and His Circle (1980).
- Turton, William. [1] Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.