Edward Stone (clergyman)

Edward Stone (born November 5, 1702 in Lacey Green, Princes Risborough , Buckinghamshire , † November 26, 1768 in Chipping Norton , Oxfordshire ) was a clergyman of the Church of England in Chipping Norton and the first modern researcher to investigate the analgesic and antipyretic effects of Willow bark extracts . He published this knowledge of folk medicine in an article in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society in 1763 . Acetylsalicylic acid , a derivative of the substance it extracted from willow bark, is one of the best-selling drugs today and is best known under the brand name aspirin .

Stone attended Wadham College , Oxford from 1720 , where he received his bachelor's degree in 1724 and his master's degree in 1727. From 1730 he was a fellow of the college for eleven years . In 1741 he married Elizabeth Grubb and moved to Chipping Norton.

In other sources, probably due to a mistake by the reader of Philosophical Transactions , one is named Edmund Stone (1700–1768) as the author of the article.

Individual evidence

↑ Ralph Mann: Stone, Edward (1702-1768) . In: Oxford University Press (Ed.): Oxford Dictionary of National Biography . 2004.
^ E. Stone: An Account of the Success of the Bark of the Willow in the Cure of Agues . In: Philosophical Transactions . 53, 1763, pp. 195-200.
^ ^A ^b William S. Pierpoint: Edward Stone (1702-1768) and Edmund Stone (1700-1768): Confused Identities Resolved . In: Notes and Records of the Royal Society of London . 2, 1997, pp. 211-217.

personal data
SURNAME	Stone, Edward
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Researcher
DATE OF BIRTH	November 5, 1702
PLACE OF BIRTH	Lacey Green, Princes Risborough , Buckinghamshire
DATE OF DEATH	November 26, 1768
Place of death	Chipping Norton , Oxfordshire

[Mann2004-1] Ralph Mann: Stone, Edward (1702-1768) . In: Oxford University Press (Ed.): Oxford Dictionary of National Biography . 2004.

[RoyalSoc1763EdmundStone-2] E. Stone: An Account of the Success of the Bark of the Willow in the Cure of Agues . In: Philosophical Transactions . 53, 1763, pp. 195-200.

[Pierpoint1997-3] A ^b William S. Pierpoint: Edward Stone (1702-1768) and Edmund Stone (1700-1768): Confused Identities Resolved . In: Notes and Records of the Royal Society of London . 2, 1997, pp. 211-217.