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William Withering
William Withering FRS was an English botanist, geologist, chemist, physician and first systematic investigator of the bioactivity of digitalis.
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science · English scientist (1741–1799) · botanist · physician · pteridologist · bryologist · mycologist · physicist · chemist · geologist · botanical collector · scientific collector · also William Withering, With., Withering
Born 17 March 1741 · Died 6 October 1799 · Q715949
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In an illustration by William Meade Prince as part of an advertising campaign by Parke-Davis, who marketed digitalis preparations
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Died 1799-10-06.
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Born 1741-03-17.
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