William Oliver ( 1695 - 1764 )

Birth: Ludgvan, Cornwall, England (04 August 1695) Death: Bath, Somerset (17 March 1764) Burial: Church of Weston, near Bath, Somerset; monumental inscription in Bath Abbey Profession: Physician; Author, medical Education: Pembroke College, Cambridge (admitted 1714); MB (1720), MD (1725); Leyden (admitted 1720) Career: Practised in Plymouth; moved to Bath (1725); Physician to the Bath Mineral Water Hospital (1741-1760); inventor of the Bath Oliver biscuit; shortly before his death he gave the recipe, along with ten sacks of the finest wheat flour and £100, to his coachman, who set up shop and made a fortune Membership: Fellow Election Date: 22/01/1730 Proposers: William Derham, William Rutty, Cromwell Mortimer.