William Bryant (physician)

William Bryant (January 11, 1730 – c. 1783) was a physician and antiquary.

Born to an industrious sea captain and his wife in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, William Bryant studied medicine and practiced in New York before relocating to Trenton in 1769.[1] He became well-known as a successful physician and entered local intellectual circles, reading An Account of an Electrical Eel or Torpedo from Surinam before the American Philosophical Society in 1774.[2] That same year, he was elected as a member of the Society.[3]

During the Revolutionary War, Bryant treated both American and Hessian forces, and while living at Bloomsbury Court, found himself ousted by his neighbors for his Tory and Loyalist sympathies. After his expulsion, Bryant transferred his home to Colonel John Cox, and the property became a supply depot for Washington’s Army.[4][5]

References
  1. Hall, John (1859). History of the Presbyterian Church in Trenton, N. J.: From the First Settlement of the Town. Anson D. F. Randolph. ISBN 978-0-7884-2649-0.
  2. Rogers, F. B. (October 1969). "Dr. William Bryant (1730-86): American physician and antiquary". Transactions & Studies of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia. 37 (2): 99–105. ISSN 0010-1087. PMID 4900387.
  3. "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 2021-06-30.
  4. "NPS Historical Places".
  5. "Residents". WilliamTrentHouse. Retrieved 2021-06-30.
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