William Shippen 2129988 221747993 2008-06-25T22:30:05Z Waacstats 1951353 Stub-sorting. [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting|You can help!]] {{Infobox Scientist |name = {{PAGENAME}} |box_width = |image =Replace_this_image_male.svg |image_size =150px |caption = {{PAGENAME}} |birth_date = [[October 1]], [[1712]] |birth_place = [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]] |death_date = [[November 4]], [[1801]] |death_place = [[Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Germantown]] |residence = |citizenship = |nationality = [[United States|American]] |ethnicity = |field = [[medicine]] |work_institutions = |alma_mater = |doctoral_advisor = |doctoral_students = |known_for = [[anatomy]] |author_abbrev_bot = |author_abbrev_zoo = |influences = |influenced = |prizes = |religion = |footnotes = |signature = }} '''William Shippen, Sr.''' ([[October 1]], [[1712]] &ndash; [[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== <div class='references-small'> *{{cite journal | quotes = yes |last=Toledo-Pereyra |first=Luis H |authorlink= |year=|month=. |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 | publisher = | location = | issn = | pmid = 12217182 |doi = 10.1080/08941930290085958 | bibcode = | oclc =| id = | url = | language = | format = | accessdate = | laysummary = | laysource = | laydate = | quote = }} *{{cite journal | quotes = yes |last=Louis |first=E D |authorlink= |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 | publisher = | location = | issn = | pmid = 2656855 | bibcode = | oclc =| id = | url = | language = | format = | accessdate = | laysummary = | laysource = | laydate = | quote = |doi=10.1093/jhmas/44.2.218 }} *{{cite journal | quotes = yes |last=Jensen |first=J E |authorlink= |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 | publisher = | location = | issn = | pmid = 6379322 | bibcode = | oclc =| id = | url = | language = | format = | accessdate = | laysummary = | laysource = | laydate = | quote = }} *{{cite journal | quotes = yes |last=Blake |first=J B |authorlink= |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 | publisher = | location = | issn = | pmid = 4619931 | bibcode = | oclc =| id = | url = | language = | format = | accessdate = | laysummary = | laysource = | laydate = | quote = }} *{{cite journal | quotes = yes |last=Allen |first=V R |authorlink= |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 | publisher = | location = | issn = | pmid = 4938738 | bibcode = | oclc =| id = | url = | language = | format = | accessdate = | laysummary = | laysource = | laydate = | quote = }} *{{cite journal | quotes = yes |last=Bowen |first=E A |authorlink= |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 | publisher = | location = | issn = | pmid = 4885917 | bibcode = | oclc =| id = | url = | language = | format = | accessdate = | laysummary = | laysource = | laydate = | quote = |doi=10.1001/jama.195.2.186b }} *{{cite journal | quotes = yes |last=OLCH |first=P D |authorlink= |year=|month=. |title=The Morgan-Shippen Controversy: A Commentary On The Birth Of Medical Education In America |journal=[[Review of surgery]] |volume=22 |issue= |pages=1–8 | publisher = | location = | issn = | pmid = 14223403 | bibcode = | oclc =| id = | url = | language = | format = | accessdate = | laysummary = | laysource = | laydate = | quote = }} *{{cite journal | quotes = yes |last=BELL |first=W J |authorlink= |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 |issue= |pages=218–38 | publisher = | location = | issn = | pmid = 14193224 | bibcode = | oclc =| id = | url = | language = | format = | accessdate = | laysummary = | laysource = | laydate = | quote = }} </div> ==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] {{US-med-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Shippen, William}} [[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]]