A West Country polymath: William Musgrave MD FRS FRCP,of Exeter (1655–1721)

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Musgrave W. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London (Abridged) 1706; 25: 292.

Musgrave W. De Arthritide Symptomatica Dissertatio. Geneva: Fratres Detournes, 1715: 65.

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Musgrave W (op. cit. ref. 6): 27.

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Munk William saw the head in Exeter in 1853 at the site of Musgrave's former house (op. cit. ref. 1: 488). Jenkins A . The History of the City of Exeter. Exeter: W Norton, 1841: note 4.

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Oliver is quoted by Munk W (op. cit. ref. 1), with whom he corresponded.

Musgrave's martial ancestry is referred by A'Wood A . Athenae Oxonienses, Bliss P , ed. London: Lackington, Hughes etc., 1820: vol. IV, p. 556.

Public Record Office, PROB 11/583 F 241-2.

Devon Record Office, Moger Suppl. I, PR 514/40.

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