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William Oliver (1658 (bap) - 1716)

Physician elected FRS on 5 January 1704 Dictionary of National Biography entry: http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/20735?docPos=38 Relevant locations: Lived at or near London, England
Lived at or near Bath, Somerset
Visited Holland, Netherlands
Relationships: William Oliver was a member of Royal Society (-)

Linked print sources: as Mentions or references - Ducatus Leodiensis; or the topography of the town and parish of Leedes and parts adjacent ...
as - IV. A letter from Dr William Oliver to the publisher, giving his remarks in a late journey into Denmark and Holland.
References in Documents:
Thoresby, Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1713)

Indian Cock-spurs, or Gave-locks of Steel, that for the larger Cock is four Inches long, in a Cane Case above half a Foot round, with Indian Characters. The Present of Mr. Tho. Garway. As also two Indian Cards, with very odd Characters; they are very small, and clear black on the Out-side. The Astronomical Cards, the Geographical, and Armorical; those from Vigo. Jugling Cards, and the Popish Plot. A Knife taken from one of the Mohawks at London, An. 1710. Don. D. Jo. Cookson Lond. Another, being a Spanish Knife with the like Brass Studs in the Haft; upon the Blade is etched, Du Can. en Sevi. Don. D. Tireman Wilkinson Ebor. A Spanish Pen-Knife, the Blade which is near an Inch and half broad, turns (as the former) into the Haft, which is Iron. Don. Rev. Chr. Wilkinson Min. Armle. A Box of curious turn'd Work. Another Japan'd, with the Heads of K. William and Q Mary. Death's Head cut in Wood. An Ivory Chair and Cup both so small that several Dozens of them were included in a Cup made of an hollowed Nutmeg. Two Baskets curiously engraved, each made of a Cherry-stone. Don. D. Sus. Tomlinson. These are very fine, tho' confessedly short of that in the King of Denmark's Cabinet; and that which Dr. Will. Oliver saw in Holland, where upon were 124 Heads of Popes, Emperors, Kings, Cardinals, &c. that cost 300 Pounds English, and was lately at London, there being a Law-suit commenced about it in Chancery. (Phil. Trans. N° 285.)