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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]]. | + | 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 05:48, 18 April 2021
William 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 KEATS, brother to the poet John 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.