William Turton 1762-1835

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 [[name::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).

Armorial bookplate of William Turton

Sources

• Gigante, D. The Keats Brothers (2011).
• Richardson, J. Keats and His Circle (1980).
• Turton, William. [1] Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.