William Babington ( 1756 - 1833 )

Birth: Portglenone, County Antrim (21 May 1756) Death: His house, Devonshire Street, Portland Place, London (29 April 1833) Burial Place: Family vault, Church of St Mary's, Aldermanbury Profession: Physician Surgeon Research Field: Mineralogy, geology Education: Apprenticed in Londonderry; Guy's Hospital, London; MD (1795, King's College, Aberdeen); Hon. MD (1831, Dublin) Career: Assistant Surgeon, Haslar Hospital (1777); contracted typhus fever at Winchester, but survived; contracted influenza, and died (1835); one of the founders of the Geological Society Memberships: FCP (1827) Membership: Fellow Election Date: 30/05/1805.