William Thornton
Sign in to saveBritish-American physician, inventor, painter and architect (1759-1828)
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It sits within the topics 1759 births, 1828 deaths and 19th-century American medical doctors.
Its subject is documented across 15 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Works
- 10
Top works
- The cause and cure of malignancy
- Brilliant Disguises
- The new, complete, and universal history, description, and survey of the cities of London and Westminster
- Speech of Lieutenant General William Thornton in the House of Commons on Thursday, 7 May 1818
- Householder's Manual of Family Prayer
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- William
- Family name
- Thornton
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Jost Van Dyke
- Place of death
- Washington, D.C.
- Occupation
- physician
- Educated at
- University of Aberdeen
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- Magellanic Premium
- Image
- William-thorton.png
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- William Thornton
- date of birth
- 1761-01-01
- date of death
- 1828-01-01
- Commons category
- William Thornton
- place of burial
- Congressional Cemetery
- member of
- American Philosophical Society
- has works in the collection
- Yale Center for British Art
- writing language
- English language
- described at URL
- arch-pavouk.cz/index.php/architekti/1346-thornton-william
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1759 births1828 deaths19th-century American medical doctorsAlumni of the University of AberdeenAlumni of the University of EdinburghAmerican architectsAmerican people of British Virgin Islands descentAmerican QuakersAmerican slave ownersArchitects of the United States CapitolBritish abolitionistsBritish emigrants to the United StatesBritish Virgin Islands QuakersBurials at the Congressional CemeteryFederalist architectsMembers of the American Philosophical SocietyQuaker abolitionistsQuaker slave ownersUnited States superintendents of patentsWilliam Thornton buildings