The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
William Cowper (c. 1666 - 8 Mar 1709)
Surgeon and anatomist Dictionary of National Biography entry: https://doi-org.cyber.usask.ca/10.1093/ref:odnb/6510 Other biography: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Cowper_(anatomist) Relevant locations: Lived at or near London, EnglandLinked print sources: as Author (in assoc. with a ms or print source) - Carigueya, seu Marsupiale Americanum. Or, the anatomy of a male opossum: In a letter to Dr Edward Tyson, from Mr William Cowper, Chirurgeon, and Fellow of the Royal Society, London. To which are premised some further observations of terrestrial brute animals, particularly of those that have their feet formed like hands. Where an account is given of some animals not yet described.
References in Documents:
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