| William Wagstaffe | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1685 Cublington |
| Died | May 5, 1725 Bath |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | Lincoln college, Oxford |
| Occupation | physician |
William Wagstaffe (1685 – May 5, 1725) was a British physician.
Wagstaffe was born in Cublington, Buckinghamshire, UK, The only son of the town's rector, and related to the Wagstaffe family of Knightcote, Warwickshire. He was educated at a school in Northampton, entered Lincoln College, Oxford in 1701, graduated B.A. (June 16, 1704) and M.A. (May 5, 1707). The same year, he joined the London practice of physics of his relative Thomas Wagstaffe. He married Thomas' daughter and, after her early death, married the daughter of surgeon Charles Bernard.
On July 8, 1714, Wagstaffe graduated M.B. and M.D. at Oxford. He became fellow of the Royal College of Physicians on December 22, 1718, and was a censor in 1720. He became reader on anatomy to the Barber-Surgeons on December 15, 1715, and succeeded Salisbury Cade as physician to St. Bartholomew's Hospital on December 29, 1720. He became a fellow of the Royal Society on March 13, 1718.
Wagstaffe died in Bath.