William Scovell Savory

William Scovell Savory
William Scovell Savory
	Sir William Savory
Born	30 November 1826; London
Died	4 March 1895 (aged 68); London
Resting place	Highgate Cemetery
Occupation	Surgeon

Sir William Scovell Savory, 1st Baronet,

FRCP (30 November 1826 – 4 March 1895) was a British surgeon.^[1]

Biography

He was born in London, the son of William Henry Savory, and his second wife, Mary Webb. He entered St Bartholomew's Hospital as a student in 1844, becoming M.R.C.S. in 1847, and F.R.C.S. in 1852. From 1849 to 1859 he was demonstrator of anatomy and operative surgery at St Bartholomew's, and for many years curator of the museum, where he devoted himself to pathological and physiological work.^[2] In June 1858 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society for his papers on "the structure and connections of the valves of the human heart – On the development of striated muscular fibre in Mammalia – Phil Trans 1855 [and] on the relative temperature of arterial and venous Blood".^[3]

In 1859 he succeeded Sir

Hunterian oration to the Royal College of Physicians.^[2]

In 1879, at Cork, he had declared against

Queen Victoria, and, in 1890 he was made a baronet. Savory, who was an able operator, but averse from exhibitions of brilliancy, was a powerful and authoritative man in his profession, his lucidity of expression being almost as valuable as his great knowledge of physiology and anatomy.^[2]

Personal life

He married, on 30 Nov 1854, Louisa Frances Borradaile (1821–1867).^[4] They had an only son, Sir Borradaile Savory, rector of St Bartholomew-the-Great, who succeeded him as second baronet. In 1884 he bought a country property called The Woodlands, Hollybush Hill, Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire.^[5]

He died on the 4th March 1895 in London and was buried on the western side of Highgate Cemetery.

References

^ "Savory, William Scovell" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
^ ^a ^b ^c One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Savory, Sir William Scovell". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 24 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 253.
^ "Library and Archive Catalogue". The Royal Society. Retrieved 11 October 2010.
^ "Obituary. Sir William Scovell Savory, Bart., F.R.S." British Medical Journal: 564–565. 9 March 1895.
^ Framewood Road Conservation Area Character Appraisal report (19 July 2011).South Bucks District Council

Baronetage of the United Kingdom
New creation	Baronet (of The Woodlands) 1890–1895	Succeeded by Borradaile Savory

[1] "Savory, William Scovell" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.

[EB1911-2] One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Savory, Sir William Scovell". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 24 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 253.

[3] "Library and Archive Catalogue". The Royal Society. Retrieved 11 October 2010.

[4] "Obituary. Sir William Scovell Savory, Bart., F.R.S." British Medical Journal: 564–565. 9 March 1895.

[5] Framewood Road Conservation Area Character Appraisal report (19 July 2011).South Bucks District Council

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