Clement Cruttwell

Clement Cruttwell (1743 – 5 August 1808) was an English surgeon, priest, cartographer, and compiler of religious works and gazetteers. He was best known in his lifetime for his gazetteers, particularly his 'Universal Gazetteer', and today for his maps.

Biography

Cruttwell was born at Wokingham, Berkshire in 1743.

At age 15, on 10 March 1758, Cruttwell was apprenticed to William Mellish, a surgeon of Uxbridge, for seven years. His father, William Cruttwell, paid an indenture fee of 100 guineas. On 9 February 1771 he married Sarah Brooks. He commenced his career as a surgeon at Bath, where he published his ‘Advice to Lying-in Women’ in 1779.

He enrolled at St Mary Hall, Oxford on 14 December 1780.

Works

v.1. (A-Fus); v.2; v.3 (Q-Z)