William Beckett ( 1684 - 1738 )

Birth: His sister's house in Abingdon, Berkshire, England (1684) Death: Abingdon, Berkshire (25 November 1738) Burial Place: St Helen's Church, Abingdon Profession: Antiquary Surgeon Education: Apprenticed to his father and then to Joseph Bateman of St Thomas's Hospital Career: Surgeon to St Thomas's Hospital; retired to Abingdon (before 1736); friend of William Stukeley (FRS 1718) Freemason, member 1723 and 1725, unnamed and unnnumbered Lodge at Swan, Ludgate Street, London Memberships: FSA (1717) Membership: Fellow Election Date: 11/12/1718.