William Overend Priestley
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1829 – 1900
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Who was William Overend Priestley?
Sir William Overend Priestley was a physician and Member of Parliament for Edinburgh and St Andrews Universities from 1896 to 1900.
Priestley was born in Leeds and trained in Edinburgh as an obstetrician and gynecologist. He moved to London in 1856, became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, and was knighted in 1893 in recognition of his medical services.
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