Isaac Wilson (physician)
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Sir Isaac Wilson (1757 – 2 December 1844) was a British physician who served as physician to the Duke and Duchess of Kent and was Director of the Haslar Naval Hospital.
Life
In 1816 he became a Fellow of the Medico Chirurgical Society and is listed as "Domestic Physician to the Duchess of Kent.Medico-Chirurgical Transactions vol.27 He was also senior physician at the Naval Hospital in Plymouth.United Services Magazine 1845
In 1831 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of London and in 1834 was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposer for the latter was Alexander Copland Hutchison.{{cite book|title=Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002|date=July 2006|publisher=The Royal Society of Edinburgh|isbn=978-0-902198-84-5|url=https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp2.pdf|access-date=19 July 2019|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304074135/https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp2.pdf|url-status=dead}}
He retired as head physician of Haslar Naval Hospital in Portsmouth in 1840. This position was seen as a "prize" amongst naval surgeons and other holders included Nelson's personal physician, Sir William Beatty.Lancet 1840 vol 2
He lived at Fareham in Hampshire. He died in BognorThe Gentleman's Magazine vol 177 on 2 December 1844. His will is held in the National Archive at Kew.{{cite web |title=Will of Sir, Doctor Isaac Wilson, Doctor of Medicine and Fellow of the Royal Society of... |url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D90994 |website=National Archives |access-date=3 August 2021 |date=23 January 1845}}
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Category:19th-century British medical doctors
Category:Fellows of the Royal Society
Category:Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
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