Thomas Willis ( 1621 - 1675 )

Birth: Great Bedwyn, Wiltshire, England, Europe (27 January 1621) Baptism: St Mary the Virgin, Great Bedwyn, Wiltshire, England, Europe (14 February 1621) Death: St Martin's Lane, London, England, Europe (11 November 1675) Burial: Westminster Abbey, London, England, Europe Occupation: Physician Research Field: Medicine; anatomy Education: Edward Sylvester's School at Oxford; Christ Church, Oxford (BA 1639; MA 1642; BMed 1646; DMed 1660) Career: Assisted Mrs Iles, wife of one of the Canons of Christ Church, in making medicines; licensed to practice medicine (1646); practised in Oxford, opposite Merton College; Sedleian Professor of Natural Philosophy, University of Oxford (1660-1675); practised in London (1666-1675); discovered saccharine diabetes Memberships: Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (1664) Membership: Fellow Election Date: 18/11/1663 Other RSActivity: Correspondent to Henry Oldenburg (1667) Asked to contribute to the building of a Society College (1668).