# William Staniforth > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/William_Staniforth > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/William_Staniforth.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Staniforth > Source revision: 1293677534 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) English surgeon (1749–1833) William Staniforth Medallion of Sheffield surgeon William Staniforth Born (1749-10-09)9 October 1749 Sheffield, England Died 1834(1834-00-00) (aged 84–85) Sheffield, England Spouse Ann Cam Children 3 sons; 3 daughters Parent(s) Samuel Staniforth Mary Ash Relatives Staniforth Smith (great-grandson) **William Staniforth** (1749[1]–1833[2]) was an English surgeon, one of the first three surgeons at the [Sheffield Royal Infirmary](/source/Sheffield_Royal_Infirmary).[3][4] Born on 9 October 1749, William was the son of Samuel Staniforth (1725-1811) and Mary Ash.[1] His brother Samuel (1747-1824) was a linen draper, and lived next door to William on Castle Street (then known as Truelove's Gutter).[1][2][4] In the 1876 publication *Reminiscences of Old Sheffield: Its Streets and Its People* local citizen William Wragg described Staniforth as being 'the best operative surgeon and [oculist](/source/Oculist) in town' and 'celebrated' for his *Staniforth's Eye Ointment*.[2] He introduced Jenner's Smallpox vaccinations to Sheffield.[5] He had a collection of coins, prints and (in the words of [Joseph Hunter](/source/Joseph_Hunter_(antiquarian))) "rarities of various kinds",[6] which included [Jonathan Salt](/source/Jonathan_Salt_(botanist))'s *Hortus Siccus*, which after Salt's death came into Staniforth's possession via an unknown route some time before 1826 when he sold it to the Sheffield Literary and Philosophical Society.[7] Staniforth retired in 1819 and died on 21 August 1833.[2] He was buried in [Attercliffe Chapel](/source/Attercliffe_Chapel).[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] Prior to the Infirmary being redeveloped, a medallion was placed on the wall of the Board Room.[2][8] His son, William, also became a surgeon at the Infirmary.[5][1] ## References 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEClay1895731_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEClay1895731_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEClay1895731_1-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEClay1895731_1-3) [Clay 1895](#CITEREFClay1895), p. 731. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTELeader1876108_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTELeader1876108_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTELeader1876108_2-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTELeader1876108_2-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTELeader1876108_2-4) [Leader 1876](#CITEREFLeader1876), p. 108. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTERyan1833314_3-0)** [Ryan 1833](#CITEREFRyan1833), p. 314. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTELeader1901179_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTELeader1901179_4-1) [Leader 1901](#CITEREFLeader1901), p. 179. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTELeader1901181_5-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTELeader1901181_5-1) [Leader 1901](#CITEREFLeader1901), p. 181. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHunter187965_6-0)** [Hunter 1879](#CITEREFHunter1879), p. 65. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAlberti2002294_7-0)** [Alberti 2002](#CITEREFAlberti2002), p. 294. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEOdom1926217_8-0)** [Odom 1926](#CITEREFOdom1926), p. 217. ## Sources - Clay, John W., ed. (1895). "Staniforth". *The Publications of the Harleian Society*. Vol. 38. London. pp. 728–735.{{[cite book](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_book)}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_location_missing_publisher)) ([The Publications of the Harleian Society](https://archive.org/stream/publicationsofha38harluoft/publicationsofha38harluoft#page/n731/mode/2up) at the [Internet Archive](/source/Internet_Archive)) - [Leader, Robert Eadon](/source/Robert_Eadon_Leader), ed. (1876). "Water Lane Head". *Reminiscences of Old Sheffield: Its Streets and Its People*. Sheffield: Leader & Sons. - [Leader, Robert Eadon](/source/Robert_Eadon_Leader) (1901). *Sheffield in the Eighteenth Century*. Sheffield: Independent Press. ([Sheffield in the Eighteenth Century](https://archive.org/stream/sheffieldineigh00leadgoog#page/n178/mode/2up) at the [Internet Archive](/source/Internet_Archive)) - Odom, William (1926). *Hallamshire Worthies*. Sheffield: J. W. Northend. - Ryan, Michael, ed. (5 October 1833). "The General Dispensary Aldersgate Street". *The London Medical and Surgical Journal: Exhibiting a View of the Improvements and Discoveries in the Various Branches of Medical Science*. Vol. 4, no. 88. London: Henry Renshaw. pp. 313–314. - [Hunter, Joseph](/source/Joseph_Hunter_(antiquarian)) (1879). "Prefatory Letter to Wilson's Yorkshire Deeds". *Yorkshire Archaeological and Topographical Journal*. London: Bradbury, Agnery & Co. pp. 64–68. - Alberti, Samuel J. M. M. (September 2002). "Placing Nature: Natural History Collections and Their Owners in Nineteenth-Century Provincial England". *The British Journal for the History of Science*. **35** (3): 291–311. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1017/S0007087402004727](https://doi.org/10.1017%2FS0007087402004727). [JSTOR](/source/JSTOR_(identifier)) [4028125](https://www.jstor.org/stable/4028125). [PMID](/source/PMID_(identifier)) [12395797](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12395797). [S2CID](/source/S2CID_(identifier)) [25454499](https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:25454499). ## External links - ["Medallion of William Staniforth, Senior surgeon to the Infirmary, 1797–1819"](http://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;s09436&pos=1&action=zoom&id=12552). *Picture sheffield*. s09436. --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [William Staniforth](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Staniforth) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Staniforth?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.