William Shippen
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|birth_date = [[October 1]], [[1712]]
|birth_place = [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]]
|death_date = [[November 4]], [[1801]]
|death_place = [[Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Germantown]]
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'''William Shippen, Sr.''' ([[October 1]], [[1712]] – [[November 4]], [[1801]]) was an [[United States|American]] physician from [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]]. He was a civic and educational leader who represented [[Pennsylvania]] in the [[Continental Congress]].
William was born to [[Joseph Shippen]] (1679-1741, son of [[Edward Shippen]], governor of Pennsylvania) and Abigail Grosse Shippen (1677-1704) at Philadelphia. His father was a prominent merchant. William studied medicine and built a large practice in Philadelphia. In 1735 he married Susannah Harrison.
Shippen joined the vestrymen who founded the First [[Presbyterianism|Presbyterian]] Church of Philadelphia in [[1742]]. He joined [[Benjamin Franklin]] and other civic leaders to found the Public Academy in [[1749]] and served as one of its trustees. When it merged with another school to become the [[The Academy and College of Philadelphia|College of Philadelphia]] he served as a trustee of the college from [[1755]] to [[1779]]; the College is now the [[University of Pennsylvania]]. William's brother, [[Edward Shippen (II)|Edward Shippen]] (1703-1781, grandfather of [[Peggy Shippen]]) was one of the founders of [[Princeton University]], for which William served as a trustee for over thirty years.
The Pennsylvania Assembly chose Shippen as a delegate to the [[Continental Congress]] on [[November 20]], [[1778]]. He represented his state during congressional sessions in [[1779]] and [[1780]], after which he returned to his medical practice.
William remained active well into his eighties. He died at home in [[Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Germantown]] in 1801 and is buried in the First Presbyterian Churchyard at Philadelphia.
His son, [[William Shippen, Jr.]], followed his father in a medical career and served as Director of Hospitals for the [[Continental Army]]. William, Jr.'s wife, Alice Lee, was the daughter of Thomas Lee of the [[Lee family]] of Virginia; their daughter Nancy Shippen married Robert Beekman Livingston, the son of [[Robert Livingston (1718-1775)]].
==References==
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*{{cite journal
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|title=William Shippen, Jr.: pioneer revolutionary war surgeon and father of American anatomy and midwifery
|journal=[[Journal of investigative surgery : the official journal of the Academy of Surgical Research]]
|volume=15
|issue=4
|pages=183–4
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|doi = 10.1080/08941930290085958
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*{{cite journal
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|last=Louis
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|year=[[1989]]|month=Apr.
|title=William Shippen's unsuccessful attempt to establish the first "School for Physick" in the American colonies in 1762
|journal=[[Journal of the history of medicine and allied sciences]]
|volume=44
|issue=2
|pages=218–39
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| pmid = 2656855
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|doi=10.1093/jhmas/44.2.218
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*{{cite journal
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|last=Jensen
|first=J E
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|year=[[1984]]|month=Jun.
|title=Manuscript notes of William Shippen, Jr., MD found in the Faculty Library
|journal=[[Maryland state medical journal]]
|volume=33
|issue=6
|pages=438–40
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| pmid = 6379322
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*{{cite journal
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|last=Blake
|first=J B
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|year=[[1974]]|month=Jul.
|title=The anatomical lectures of William Shippen, 1766
|journal=[[Transactions & studies of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia]]
|volume=42
|issue=1
|pages=61–6
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| pmid = 4619931
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*{{cite journal
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|last=Allen
|first=V R
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|year=[[1971]]|month=Sep.
|title=Medicine in the American Revolution. 3
|journal=[[The Journal of the Oklahoma State Medical Association]]
|volume=64
|issue=9
|pages=377–81
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| pmid = 4938738
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*{{cite journal
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|last=Bowen
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|year=[[1966]]|month=Jan.
|title=Shippen and Morgan and Benedict Arnold
|journal=[[Journal of the American Medical Association|JAMA]]
|volume=195
|issue=2
|pages=186–7
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| pmid = 4885917
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|doi=10.1001/jama.195.2.186b
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*{{cite journal
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|last=OLCH
|first=P D
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|year=|month=.
|title=The Morgan-Shippen Controversy: A Commentary On The Birth Of Medical Education In America
|journal=[[Review of surgery]]
|volume=22
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|pages=1–8
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| pmid = 14223403
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*{{cite journal
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|last=BELL
|first=W J
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|year=[[1964]]|month=Jul.
|title=The Court Martial Of Dr. William Shippen, Jr., 1780
|journal=[[Journal of the history of medicine and allied sciences]]
|volume=19
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|pages=218–38
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| pmid = 14193224
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==External links==
*[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000368 Biographic sketch at U.S. Congress website]
*[http://www.archives.upenn.edu/histy/features/1700s/people/shippen_wm.html Biographical sketch at the University of Pennsylvania]
*[http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shien-shlaudeman.html Political Graveyard]
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[[Category:1712 births]]
[[Category:1801 deaths]]
[[Category:Continental Congressmen from Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:University of Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:Shippen family]]
[[Category:Physicians in the American Revolution]]
[[Category:Anatomists]]
[[Category:American physicians]]