William Barrowby 1682-1758
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William BARROWBY 1682-1758
Biographical Note
Pysician, the son of John Barrowby, physician, and his wife, Abigail, was baptized at St Lawrence Jewry, London on 15 December 1682. After studying at [[education::Eton College] he entered Trinity College, Oxford, on 6 November 1699 and graduated BA (1703), MA (1706), MB (1709), and MD (1713). Barrowby became a licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians, London, in 1717, and a fellow in 1718. He served as censor at the college in 1721, 1730, and 1734. On 9 November 1721 he was elected a [[occupation::fellow of the Royal Society]. He lived in [[location::London] until 1746, when he apparently retired to the Isle of Wight, where he died on 17 October 1758.
Books
He used an engraved bookplate:
Franks 1645: Barrowby, William, MD.
Sources
- Gambier Howe, E. R. J. Franks bequest: catalogue of British and American book plates bequeathed to the ... British Museum. London, 1903.
- Bagshaw, K. "Barrowby, William (bap. 1682, d. 1758), physician." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.