About William Barrowby
Lived 1681 – 1758 (aged 76–77). William Barrowby was a writer.
William Barrowby FRS FRCP (1682 – 30 December 1758) was an English physician.
Life Barrowby was born in London, the son of John Barrowby, a physician. He was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Oxford, taking degrees of M.B. in 1709, and of M.D. in 1713. He was elected a fellow of the College of Physicians of London in 1718, and Fellow of the Royal Society in 1721.
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Who was William Barrowby?
English physician, died 1758
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William Barrowby was born in 1681 in London.
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William Barrowby died in 1758.
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William Barrowby was a writer.
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