William Shippen Sr.
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- For the English politician, see William Shippen (MP)
William Shippen | |
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| Born | October 1, 1712 |
| Died | November 4, 1801 (aged 89) |
| Nationality | American |
| Known for | anatomy |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | medicine |
William Shippen, Sr. (October 1, 1712 – November 4, 1801) was an American physician from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was a civic and educational leader who represented Pennsylvania in the Continental Congress.
Life
William was born to Joseph Shippen (1679–1741, son of Edward Shippen, governor of Pennsylvania) and Abigail Grosse Shippen (1677–1716) at Philadelphia. His father was a prominent merchant. William studied medicine and built a large practice in Philadelphia. In 1735 he married Susannah Harrison.
Shippen joined the vestrymen who founded the First Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia in 1742. He joined Benjamin Franklin and other civic leaders to found the Public Academy in 1749 and served as one of its trustees. When it merged with another school to become the College of Philadelphia, he served as a trustee of the college from 1755 to 1779; the College is now the University of Pennsylvania. William's brother, Edward Shippen (1703–1781, grandfather of Peggy Shippen) was one of the founders of Princeton University, for which William served as a trustee from 1765 to 1796.
The Pennsylvania Assembly chose Shippen as a delegate to the Continental Congress on November 20, 1778. He represented his state during congressional sessions in 1779 and 1780, after which he returned to his medical practice.
William remained active well into his eighties. He died at home in Germantown in 1801 and is buried in the First Presbyterian Churchyard at Philadelphia.
Family
His son, William Shippen, Jr., followed his father in a medical career and served as Director of Hospitals for the Continental Army. William, Jr.'s wife, Alice Lee, was the daughter of Thomas Lee of the Lee family of Virginia; their daughter Nancy Shippen married Robert Beekman Livingston, the son of Robert Livingston (1718-1775).
References
- Toledo-Pereyra, Luis H (2002). "William Shippen, Jr.: pioneer revolutionary war surgeon and father of American anatomy and midwifery". Journal of investigative surgery : the official journal of the Academy of Surgical Research. 15 (4): 183–4. doi:10.1080/08941930290085958. PMID 12217182.
{{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters:|laydate=,|laysummary=, and|laysource=(help); Unknown parameter|month=ignored (help) - Louis, E D (1989). "William Shippen's unsuccessful attempt to establish the first "School for Physick" in the American colonies in 1762". Journal of the history of medicine and allied sciences. 44 (2): 218–39. doi:10.1093/jhmas/44.2.218. PMID 2656855.
{{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters:|laydate=,|laysummary=, and|laysource=(help); Unknown parameter|month=ignored (help) - Jensen, J E (1984). "Manuscript notes of William Shippen, Jr., MD found in the Faculty Library". Maryland state medical journal. 33 (6): 438–40. PMID 6379322.
{{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters:|laysummary=,|laydate=, and|laysource=(help); Unknown parameter|month=ignored (help) - Blake, J B (1974). "The anatomical lectures of William Shippen, 1766". Transactions & studies of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia. 42 (1): 61–6. PMID 4619931.
{{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters:|laysummary=,|laydate=, and|laysource=(help); Unknown parameter|month=ignored (help) - Allen, V R (1971). "Medicine in the American Revolution. 3". The Journal of the Oklahoma State Medical Association. 64 (9): 377–81. PMID 4938738.
{{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters:|laysummary=,|laydate=, and|laysource=(help); Unknown parameter|month=ignored (help) - Bowen, E A (1966). "Shippen and Morgan and Benedict Arnold". JAMA. 195 (2): 186–7. doi:10.1001/jama.195.2.186b. PMID 4885917.
{{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters:|laydate=,|laysummary=, and|laysource=(help); Unknown parameter|month=ignored (help) - OLCH, P D (1965). "The Morgan-Shippen Controversy: A Commentary On The Birth Of Medical Education In America". Review of surgery. 22: 1–8. PMID 14223403.
{{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters:|laysummary=,|laydate=, and|laysource=(help); Unknown parameter|month=ignored (help) - BELL, W J (1964). "The Court Martial Of Dr. William Shippen, Jr., 1780". Journal of the history of medicine and allied sciences. 19 (3): 218–38. doi:10.1093/jhmas/XIX.3.218. PMID 14193224.
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