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William Croone

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129:. Croone left behind him a plan for two lectureships: one lecture was to be read before the College of Physicians, with a sermon to be preached at the church of St. Mary-le-Bow, the other to be delivered yearly before the Royal Society upon the nature and laws of muscular motion. But as his will contained no provision for the endowment of these lectures, his widow carried out his intention by devising in her will the King's Head Tavern in Lambeth Hill, 200: 22: 136:
His wife, Mary, remarried after he died. Lady Sadleir (as she became) also, out of regard for the memory of her first husband, William Croone, provided for the establishment of the algebra lectures which were afterwards founded at some colleges at Cambridge. These early endowed lectures starting in
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He published ‘De ratione motus Musculorum,’ London, 1664, and Amsterdam, 1667; and read papers to the Royal Society, including ‘A Discourse on the Conformation of a Chick in the Egg before Incubation’ (28 March 1671). Dr. Goodall states that Croone ‘had made most ingenious and excellent observations
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in London, and while holding that office he promoted the institution of the Royal Society, the members of which assembled there. At their first meeting after they had formed themselves into a regular body, on 28 November 1660, he was appointed their registrar, and he continued in that office till the
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were nominated joint secretaries. On 7 October 1662 he was created doctor of medicine at Cambridge by royal mandate. He was chosen one of the first fellows of the Royal Society on 20 May 1663, after the grant of their charter, and he frequently sat upon the council. On 25 June the same year he was
178: 88:, and he held that office till his death. Soon after his appointment to it he resigned his professorship at Gresham College. On 29 July 1675, after having waited twelve years for a vacancy, he was admitted a 133:, in trust to her executors to settle four parts out of five upon the College of Physicians to found the annual lecture now called the Croonian lecture; and the fifth part on the Royal Society. 210: 259: 254: 138: 53: 215: 96:. He acquired an extensive and lucrative practice in the latter part of his life. He died on 12 October 1684, and was buried in 153:
He married Mary, daughter of Alderman John Lorymer of London. She afterwards became the wife of Sir Edwin Sadleir, bart., of
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The Company of Surgeons appointed him, on 28 August 1670, their anatomy lecturer on the muscles, in succession to
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de ovo, long before Malpighius's book upon that subject was extant.’
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on 11 December 1642. He was admitted on 13 May 1647 a pensioner of
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He was born in London on 15 September 1633, and admitted to
8: 219:. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. 137:1710 eventually were transformed into the 108:, D.D., canon of Windsor, and published. 20: 170: 25:Portrait of William Croone, painted by 260:Original fellows of the Royal Society 7: 255:17th-century English medical doctors 14: 161:, and died on 30 September 1706. 68:grant of their charter, by which 216:Dictionary of National Biography 198: 230:Inspiring physicians biography 1: 65:Gresham Professor of Rhetoric 77:admitted a candidate of the 183:A Cambridge Alumni Database 179:"Croone, William (CRN647W)" 58:Emmanuel College, Cambridge 276: 185:. University of Cambridge. 125:He was the founder of the 139:Sadleirian Professorship 54:Merchant Taylors' School 86:Sir Charles Scarborough 63:In 1659 he was chosen 30: 94:College of Physicians 79:College of Physicians 24: 143:Cambridge University 98:St Mildred, Poultry 131:Knightrider Street 31: 127:Croonian Lectures 16:English physician 267: 220: 202: 201: 187: 186: 175: 104:was preached by 275: 274: 270: 269: 268: 266: 265: 264: 235: 234: 226: 211:Croone, William 208: 199: 191: 190: 177: 176: 172: 167: 151: 123: 114: 74:Henry Oldenburg 50: 17: 12: 11: 5: 273: 271: 263: 262: 257: 252: 247: 237: 236: 233: 232: 225: 224:External links 222: 196: 195: 189: 188: 169: 168: 166: 163: 155:Temple Dinsley 150: 147: 122: 119: 113: 110: 102:funeral sermon 49: 46: 34:William Croone 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 272: 261: 258: 256: 253: 251: 248: 246: 243: 242: 240: 231: 228: 227: 223: 221: 218: 217: 212: 206: 205:public domain 193: 192: 184: 180: 174: 171: 164: 162: 160: 159:Hertfordshire 156: 148: 146: 144: 140: 134: 132: 128: 120: 118: 111: 109: 107: 103: 99: 95: 91: 87: 82: 80: 75: 71: 66: 61: 59: 55: 47: 45: 43: 42:Royal Society 39: 35: 28: 23: 19: 214: 197: 182: 173: 152: 135: 124: 115: 83: 70:John Wilkins 62: 51: 33: 32: 18: 250:1684 deaths 245:1633 births 194:Attribution 239:Categories 165:References 106:John Scott 27:Mary Beale 145:in 1860. 207::  92:of the 40:of the 38:Fellows 29:in 1680 149:Family 121:Legacy 100:. His 90:fellow 112:Works 72:and 48:Life 213:". 141:at 241:: 181:. 157:, 44:. 209:"

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Mary Beale
Fellows
Royal Society
Merchant Taylors' School
Emmanuel College, Cambridge
Gresham Professor of Rhetoric
John Wilkins
Henry Oldenburg
College of Physicians
Sir Charles Scarborough
fellow
College of Physicians
St Mildred, Poultry
funeral sermon
John Scott
Croonian Lectures
Knightrider Street
Sadleirian Professorship
Cambridge University
Temple Dinsley
Hertfordshire
"Croone, William (CRN647W)"
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Croone, William
Dictionary of National Biography
Inspiring physicians biography
Categories
1633 births
1684 deaths

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