William Withey Gull, 1st baronet (1816–90)

Physician. Son of a barge owner; his medical education was sponsored by Benjamin Harrison, the treasurer of Guy’s Hospital, London. MB, London, 1841; MD, FRCP, 1848. Fullerian Professor of physiology, Royal Institution of Great Britain, 1847–9. Assistant physician, Guy’s Hospital, 1851; physician, 1856–65. Member, General Medical Council, 1871–83; 1886–7. Knighted and created baronet, 1872.