Francis Glisson ( 1597 - 1677 )

Birth: Rampisham, Devon, England, Europe (1597) Death: Fleet Street, London, England, Europe (14 October 1677) Burial: St Bride's Church, Fleet Street, London, England, Europe (22 October 1677) Occupation: Physician Research Field: Medicine, philosophy Education: Mr Allot's School, Rampisham, Devon; Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge (BA 1620/1; MA 1624); MD (1634); Incorporated at Oxford (1627) Career: Fellow of Caius (1624-1634); Lecturer in Greek (1626); Dean of Caius College (1629); Regius Professor of Physic at Cambridge (1636-1677); Reader in anatomy at the College of Physicians (1639); Goulstonian lecturer (1640); first treatise on 'De rachitide sive morbo puerili' (1650) on rickets; Memberships: Royal College of Physicians (Fellow 1635; President 1667-1670) Membership: Original Fellow Election Date: 20/05/1663 Committee appointments include: Anatomical Committee (1664) Committee for Collecting all the Phenomena of Nature hitherto observed (1664) Other RSActivity: Involved in observations and experiments on wood and its petrification (1663) Involved in operation on dogs for kidney stones (1663).