William Shippen, Jr.

William Shippen, Jr. (born Oct. 21, 1736, Philadelphia, Pa. [U.S.]—died July 11, 1808, Philadelphia) was the first systematic teacher of anatomy, surgery, and obstetrics in the United States. He was also one of the first to use dissected human bodies in the teaching of anatomy in America. Shippen graduated from the College of New Jersey (Princeton) in 1754, studied in London, and went on to Edinburgh for his M.D. (1761). As one of the few...