St Thomas's Hospital Greenwich & Environs William was born in London

William was born in London and apprenticed to his father’s stationary company from about the age of 13

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Carsten Niebuhr (1733 - 1815) was a German traveller who in the early 1760s became the sole survivor of the first scientific expedition to Arabia and the compiler of its results: Beschreibung von Arabien (Description of Arabia”) was published in 1772

St Thomas's Hospital Greenwich & Environs William was born in LondonCopper engraving, anonymously engraved, but probably by B[enjamin] Cole. Uncoloured. Published as Plate 83 of Maitland's 'History of London, A New Edition, 1775'. Plate size: 8 1 8 x 12 7 8 inches 205 x 328mm. plus borders: 10 x 16 inches 255 x 408mm approx. Generally good condition throughout. Founded around 1107, probably as part of the priory of St Mary Overie, Southwark, and subsequently named after St Thomas a Becket (canonised in 1173). Closed