# William Cuningham

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Not to be confused with [William Cunningham](/source/William_Cunningham_(disambiguation)).

A portrait of Cuningham from *The Cosmographical Glasse* (1559)

Title page of *The Cosmographical Glasse*

**William Cuningham**, also known as **Kenningham**, was a 16th-century English physician, [astrologer](/source/Astrologer), and [engraver](/source/Engraver). He practised at [Norwich](/source/Norwich) around 1559. Cunningham published his work *The Cosmographical Glasse* that year. It contains many [woodcuts](/source/Woodcuts) and an aerial view map of Norwich.

On 15 May 1551, Cuningham was admitted to [Corpus Christi College, Cambridge](/source/Corpus_Christi_College%2C_Cambridge). In 1557 he received his MB at Cambridge, then studied medicine for seven years. Cuningham also studied at the [University of Heidelberg](/source/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](/source/Surgeons'_Hall).

Cuningham's death date is unknown.

## Bibliography

- 1558: *A New Almanacke and Prognostication* (new edition 1565)[1]

- 1559: *The Cosmographical Glasse, conteinyng the Pleasant Principles of Cosmographie, Geographie, Hydrographie or Navigation*

- 1560: *An Invective Epistle in Defense of Astrologers*

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Livingstone, David N. (1993). *The geographical tradition: episodes in the history of a contested enterprise*. Wiley-Blackwell. p. 75. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-631-18586-4](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-631-18586-4).

### Attribution

- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the [public domain](/source/Public_domain): [Bryan, Michael](/source/Michael_Bryan_(art_historian)) (1886). ["Cuningham, William"](https://archive.org/stream/cu31924092716962#page/n6/mode/1up). In Graves, Robert Edmund (ed.). *Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers (A–K)*. Vol. I (3rd ed.). London: George Bell & Sons.

- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the [public domain](/source/Public_domain): "[Cuningham, William](https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Dictionary_of_National_Biography,_1885-1900/Cuningham,_William)". *[Dictionary of National Biography](/source/Dictionary_of_National_Biography)*. London: [Smith, Elder & Co](/source/Smith%2C_Elder_%26_Co). 1885–1900.

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