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American physician, politician, and naturalist
William Prescott
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American physician, politician, and naturalist
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Gilmanton, Belknap County, New Hampshire, USA
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William Prescot (1788–1875), American physician, politician, and naturalist.
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William Prescot was born in Gilmanton, New Hampshire, December 29, 1788. He was indentured to a farmer at sixteen years of age, received few educational advantages, taught, studied medicine, and in 1815 graduated at Dartmouth Medical School. He practised in Gilmanton and Lynn, and served in both branches of the legislature. Dr. Prescott was an enthusiastic collector of minerals and shells, and was a member of many literary and scientific societies. He died in New Haven, Connecticut, on October 18, 1875.
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He wrote the Prescott Memorial (Boston, 1870).
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