William Chambers MD (1699 - 1785)

Husband of Ellen (Bagshawe) Chambers — married 8 Mar 1734 in Thorne

Descendants

Biography

William Chambers, M.D. of Hull (b. 1699 - d. 08 Jul 1785, bur. Holy Trinity, Hull), married Ellen Bagshawe (1710 - 60), on 08 March 1733/4 at Thorne.^[1][2]

"Other holders of medical degrees may be hidden under the descriptions "surgeon, etc." or "apothecary and surgeon." William Chambers of Hull, according to Munk, studied under Boehaave and held an M.D. of Leyden, yet when Ralph Darling was bound to him in 1744 he described himself as "surgeon, etc." [94]. Later Darling practised as an apothecary in Hull and trained many apprentices. He married Chambers' daughter and their son William Chambers Darling inherited the Bagshawe estate of Oakes-in-Norton, Derbyshire.[95] The social worlds of the physician and apothecary have often been stated to be far apart and such a marriage to be rare, but a close examination of the apprenticeship records and of the lives of individual surgeons and apothecaries would probably prove it to be quite otherwise.[9]"^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Publications of the Surtees Society, 1870, 54, p. vi. Google Books.
2. ↑ William Chambers. Royal College of Physicians. https://history.rcplondon.ac.uk/inspiring-physicians/william-chambers
3. ↑ Burnby, JGL. (1977). Apprenticeship Records. Transactions of the British Society for the History of Pharmacy, 1(4), p. 163. https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/196653976.pdf