Sir William Gull

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_of_London
Guy's Hospital
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Fellow_of_the_Royal_Society
gptkb:Baronetcy_(1872)
gptkbp:baronetage gptkb:Baronetage_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:birthDate 1816-12-31
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Colchester,_Essex,_England
gptkbp:children gptkb:Caroline_Cameron_Gull
gptkbp:contributedTo description of anorexia nervosa
description of myxoedema
description of paraplegia
understanding of spinal cord diseases
gptkbp:deathDate 1890-01-29
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:London,_England
gptkbp:education gptkb:Guy's_Hospital_Medical_School
gptkbp:field gptkb:medicine
neurology
psychiatry
endocrinology
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Sir_William_Withey_Gull
gptkbp:honorificPrefix Sir
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sir William Gull
gptkbp:influenced medical understanding of thyroid disease
psychiatric understanding of eating disorders
gptkbp:knighted 1872
gptkbp:knownFor work on paraplegia
description of anorexia nervosa
work on myxoedema
gptkbp:lecturedAt Guy's Hospital
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Anorexia_Nervosa_(1873)
gptkb:On_a_Cretinoid_State_supervening_in_Adult_Life_and_on_Myxoedema
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:physician
gptkbp:portrait gptkb:Henry_Tanworth_Wells
gptkbp:positionHeld gptkb:Physician-in-Ordinary_to_the_Prince_of_Wales
gptkb:Regius_Professor_of_Medicine_at_the_University_of_Oxford
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:Thorpe-le-Soken,_Essex,_England
gptkbp:signature William Gull signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Susan_Ann_Dacre_Lacy
gptkbp:subjectOf biographies
medical history articles
speculation regarding Jack the Ripper (unsubstantiated)
gptkbp:title gptkb:Baronet
gptkb:Physician-in-Ordinary_to_Queen_Victoria
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Barts_and_The_London_School_of_Medicine_and_Dentistry
gptkb:Charterhouse_School
gptkb:Freemasonry
gptkb:West_Norwood_Cemetery
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5