Volume 1
Gilbert, physician : a note prepared for the three-hundredth anniversary of the death of William Gilbert of Colchester, president of the Royal college of physicians, & physician to Queen Elizabeth / by Silvanus P. Thompson, F.R.S.
- Silvanus P. Thompson
- Date:
- [1903]
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Gilbert, physician : a note prepared for the three-hundredth anniversary of the death of William Gilbert of Colchester, president of the Royal college of physicians, & physician to Queen Elizabeth / by Silvanus P. Thompson, F.R.S. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![its moft prominent citizen. Lilly’s Hijlory of his Life and Limes (p. 73) contains the following note: ‘‘In this year 1633 I became acquainted with Nicholas Fifke, a licentiate in phyfick, who was born in Suffolk, near Fram[l]ing- ham Caftle, of very good parentage, who educated him at County fchools, until he was fit for the Univerfity. But he went not to the Academy, fludying at home both aflrology and medicine, which he afterwards pra(5lifed in Colchefler; and was there ac¬ quainted with Dr. Gilbert, who wrote De MagneteT In 1597 Gilbert again became Treafurer of the Royal College, holding that office until 1599. On March 3rd, 1597, eledled Confiliarius in the place of Dr. Gifford, deceafed. In 1597 we begin to learn fomething of Gil¬ bert’s life at his houfe in Peter’s Hill from the goffiping letters of John Chamberlain. This per- fon appears to have been an idle gentleman, a fre¬ quenter of the Court, and a favoured vilitor at country houfes. His letters to his friend Dudley Carleton (afterwards Lord Dorchefter), many of which are preferved amongft the State papers, are dated, fome from Wingfield Houfe (Dr. Gilbert’s), fome from Knebworth (the houfe of Rowland Lytton, a friend of Gilbert’s), fome from Sir Henry Wallop’s houfe at Farley, and others from various other places. Thofe of the letters which were](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b31344835_0001_0025.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
