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The late Sir William Gull, M.D., F.R.S., 1890. 'We regret to announce the death, on Wednesday, Jan. 29, of this eminent physician, who was created a Baronet, in January, 1872, for his medical services in attendance on the Prince of Wales [the future King Edward VII]. He was born on Dec. 31. 1816, at Thorpe-le-Soken, in Essex, and studied at the London University and at Guy's Hospital; became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in 1848, was Fullerian Professor of Physiology at the Royal Institution, physician and lecturer to Guy's Hospital, and consulting physician. He married, in 1848, a daughter of Colonel Dacre Lacy, and is succeeded in the title by his son, a barrister'. From "Illustrated London News", 1890.