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Son of a [[location::Gloucestershire]] [[occupation::solicitor]]. BA [[education::Oriel College, Oxford]] 1785, MA and MB 1791. [[occupation::Physician]] of [[location::Swansea]] 1807, of [[location::Dublin]] 1813-1816, of [[location::Teignmouth]] 1819, of [[location::Torquay]] 1822, and of [[location::Bideford]] 1831. He was noted as a [[occupation::naturalist]] and [[occupation::conchologist]], and was the author of numerous works on natural science. As [[occupation::physician]] at [[location::Teignmouth]], he treated [[name::Tom]] [[name::KEATS], brother to the poet [[name::John]] [[name::KEATS].
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Son of a [[location::Gloucestershire]] [[occupation::solicitor]]. BA [[education::Oriel College, Oxford]] 1785, MA and MB 1791. [[occupation::Physician]] of [[location::Swansea]] 1807, of [[location::Dublin]] 1813-1816, of [[location::Teignmouth]] 1819, of [[location::Torquay]] 1822, and of [[location::Bideford]] 1831. He was noted as a [[occupation::naturalist]] and [[occupation::conchologist]], and was the author of numerous works on natural science. As [[occupation::physician]] at [[location::Teignmouth]], he treated [[name::Tom]] [[name::KEATS], brother to the poet [[name::John]][[name::KEATS].
  
 
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Revision as of 05:32, 18 April 2021

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.