William Sharpey
William Sharpey (born April 1, 1802 in Arbroath , Scotland , † April 11, 1880 in London ) was a British anatomist and physiologist .
Life
Sharpey graduated with an MD. He taught and researched as a professor of anatomy in London . He was a correspondent and friend of Charles Darwin . Sharpey contributed to the standard anatomical work Quain's Anatomy . He was a member of the Senate of the University of London .
Sharpey was elected in 1839 as a member (" Fellow ") in the Royal Society of Edinburgh . He was Secretary of the Royal Society from 1853 to 1872 and Vice President from 1872 to 1874. Since 1859 he was a foreign member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences . In 1868 he was elected a corresponding member of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences . The Sharpey fibers of the periosteum , which he described in 1848, are named after him.
Sharpey died at his home at 50 Torrington Square, London. He was buried in the monastery cemetery in his native Arbroath.
Web links
- Portrait at National Portrait Gallery
- Entry to Sharpey; William (1802-1880) in the Archives of the Royal Society , London
Individual evidence
- ↑ Holger Krahnke: The members of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen 1751-2001 (= Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Philological-Historical Class. Volume 3, Vol. 246 = Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Mathematical-Physical Class. Episode 3, vol. 50). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2001, ISBN 3-525-82516-1 , p. 225.
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| SURNAME | Sharpey, William |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British anatomist and physiologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 1, 1802 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Arbroath , Scotland |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 11, 1880 |
| Place of death | London |