{{distinguish|William Cunningham (disambiguation){{!}}William Cunningham}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2016}} {{Use British English|date=October 2016}} [[File:A treatise on wood engravings - historical and practical (1881) (14590221307).jpg|thumb|upright|A portrait of Cuningham from ''The Cosmographical Glasse'' (1559)]] [[File:Title page The Cosmographical Glasse by William Cuningham 1559.jpg|thumb|upright|Title page of ''The Cosmographical Glasse'']] '''William Cuningham''', also known as '''Kenningham''', was a 16th-century English physician, [[astrologer]], and [[engraver]]. He practised at [[Norwich]] around 1559. Cunningham published his work ''The Cosmographical Glasse'' that year. It contains many [[woodcuts]] and an aerial view map of Norwich.

On 15 May 1551, Cuningham was admitted to [[Corpus Christi College, Cambridge]]. In 1557 he received his MB at Cambridge, then studied medicine for seven years. Cuningham also studied at the [[University of Heidelberg]]. It is supposed that he was received his MD at Heidelberg about 1559, at which period he changed his name from Keningham to Cuningham.

Cuningham built a reputation as a physician in London, he was also noted for his skill in I astrology. In 1563, he was appointed public lecturer at [[Surgeons' Hall]].

Cuningham's death date is unknown.

== Bibliography == * 1558: ''A New Almanacke and Prognostication'' (new edition 1565)<ref>{{cite book|last=Livingstone|first=David N.|title=The geographical tradition: episodes in the history of a contested enterprise|year=1993|publisher=Wiley-Blackwell|isbn=978-0-631-18586-4|accessdate=|page=75}}</ref> * 1559: ''The Cosmographical Glasse, conteinyng the Pleasant Principles of Cosmographie, Geographie, Hydrographie or Navigation'' * 1560: ''An Invective Epistle in Defense of Astrologers''

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=== Attribution === * {{Bryan (3rd edition)|title=Cuningham, William |volume=1}} * {{DNB|wstitle=Cuningham, William}}

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