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WILLIAM GULL

WILLIAM GULL

1816-1890

Doctor for Queen Victoria & Jack the Ripper suspect

            William Gull was an English physician who saved the life of Victoria’s son and heir, Bertie (Edward VII). He made great advancements in the medical field, including anorexia nervosa (which he first named).

            Gull is best known today as being a Jack the Ripper suspect. Between August and November 1888, five women were murdered and mutilated in Whitechapel, London’s East End. It was believed that Ripper may have been a surgeon (or a student) or a butcher, due to Ripper’s dissections on his victims. However, the perpetrator wasn’t a precise cutter and lacked technical knowledge.

            Gull was aged 71 and was in ill health when the Ripper murders took place, many historians today don’t believe he would have been the perpetrator.

            One newspaper reported that the perpetrator was a ‘medical man of high standing’, whose wife was worried about his erratic behaviour that opened up that her husband could have been the killer. It was alleged his house was search and they found ample proof of murder and he was committed to an asylum. There was no proof that what was reported was factual. There was another rumour that it was one of Gull’s patients who was the killer, this also couldn’t be proven. There was also a story that Gull was the murderer with the assistance of his coachman.

            Gull was born in Colchester, Essex and first had an interest to become a botanist, working at sea and then later gained a strong interest in biology. This is what drove him to work in medicine and had the interest and skills to do well in the field. He married Susan Ann Lacy in 1848 and the couple had three children. After saving Queen Victoria’s son, he was appointed to working for her in an honorary position. Regardless, Queen Victoria would only see her doctor, Sir William Jenner. Gull was an advocate for women to work in the medical profession and went to a meeting to establish a medical scholarship to be awarded to women. He wanted society to have more liberal views of women working in the medical profession.

            By 1887, Gull was in poor health and suffered several strokes at his Scottish home. After he recovered, he returned to London and lived at Grosvenor Square, London; he also had two other homes at Reigate and Brighton. He had more strokes and the fatal one took place on 27 January 1890, which took his life two days later.

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🔵CHAPTER 189: Asylum🔵 Annie was sitting in a sofa. She was observing her surroundings. The clock was ticking very loudly. Next to it, there was a skeleton. She didn't like it. There were pictures of some weird women. Who were they? Annie was affraid. There was a coach too. So she must be in an asylum, after all. She sighed. These women were so scary! It seemed they were looking at her! Why was she there? And then there was a typewriter. And a man behind it. Who was he? She shivered. - Hello dear child - he said in a very condescending way -. My name is William Gull. She wanted to runaway. 🔹🔹 Annie estaba sentada en un sofá. Observaba su alrededor. Había un reloj, sus tic-tac eran muy fuertes. A su lado había un esqueleto. No le gustaba. Había dibujos de unas mujeres muy raras. Quienes eran? Annie tenía miedo. Había un diván, también. Así que, después de todo, estaba en un hospital psiquiátrico. Suspiró. Esas mujeres le daban miedo! Parecía que la estaban mirando! Porqué estaba allí? Y luego había la máquina de escribir. Y un hombre detrás. Quién era? Annie tuvo escalofríos. - Hola querida niña - dijo él de manera muy condescendiente -. Mi nombre es William Gull. Ella quiso huir. #victorianplaymo #AnnieCrook #AnnieElizabethCrook #WilliamGull #SirWilliamGull #victorianinspiration #victorianinspired #victorianplaymobil #playmobilvictorian #playmobiltoys #playmobilfigures #playmobil https://www.instagram.com/victorian_playmo/p/BySQsEtCJMh/?igshid=v0wynyx0m7oi

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William Gull first coined the term AN in 1873 

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⏺CHAPTER 158: HIGH SOCIETY⏺ Sir William Gull was throwing a party at his home. There there were Sir Charles Warren and his wife Fanny Margaretta Haydon, detective inspector Edmund Reid and layer Wynne Edwin Baxter. All of them seemed to enjoy the party. Medium and spirituslist Robert James Lees was loving it, and inspector Frederick Abberline was just bored. Pianist Peter Edwards was giving his best to get a nice tip, but he hated the whole scene... 🔹🔹 Sir William Gull estaba dando una fiesta es su casa. Allí había Sir Charles Warren y su mujer Fanny Margaretta Haydon, el detective inspector Edmund Reid y el abogado Wynne Edwin Baxter. Todos ellos disfrutaban de la fiesta. El médium y espiritualista Robert James Lees estaba en su salsa y el inspector Fredderick Abberline estaba aburrido. El pianista Peter Edwards tenía qur dar lo mejor de sí para ganarse una buena propina, pero él odiaba toda la escena... 🔹🔹 #victorian_playmo #victorianplaymobil #SirWilliamGull #WilliamGull #WynneEdwinBaxter #EdmundReid #FredAbberline #RobertJamesLees #victorianGentlemen #victorianLondoners #FannyMargarettaHaydon #SusanAnnLacy #CharlesWarren #SirCharlesWarren #highsociety #asambleaplaymobil #victorianinspired (at London, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/Btwcn92lZE2/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=qwye9p6o0s35

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⏺CHAPTER 93: THE FLOWER SELLERS⏺ Elizabeth Stide was walking through the park when she spotted an elderly couple with an old friend. Elizabeth: Do you want a bucket of flowers? Mr. William Gull: Oh, where are you from little creature? Elizabeth: I'm from Sweden! Do you want a... Mrs. Susan Anne Gull: Oh poor thing, yes of course we will buy you some flowers! Mr. Gull: Yes, we want to help you, surely this dress was very nice some time ago... Mrs. Gull: How much for the bucket dear? Niall: Hey beauty sweetie darlin'girl! I wan'a flowers! Elizabeth: Oh shut up man! I'm tryin' to work! Niall: Oh please don't get mad at me, if you're beautiful you have to accept it, don't let others walk on you. 🔹🔹🔹🔹 Elizabeth Stride iba por el.parque cuando se encontró una pareja mayor y su viejo amigo. Elizabeth: Quereis un ramo de flores? Sr. William Gull: Oh criatura, de donde eres? Elizabeth: Soy de Suecia! Quereis un... Sra. Susan Anne Gull: Oh pobrecita, claro que queremos un ramo. Sr. Gull: Sí, te queremos ayudar, seguro que el vestido era muy bonito antes... Sra. Gull: Quanto vale un ramo? Niall: Ey niña bonita! Quiero flores! Elizabeth: Oh cállate hombre! No ves que estoy trabajando? Niall: Oh por favor, no te enfades, si eres guapa lo tienes que aceptar, no dejes que los otros te pisen... 🔹🔹🔹🔹 #victorianplaymo #victorianplaymobil #victorianinspired #victorianLondon #victorianeastenders #victorianwestenders #SirGull #SirWilliamGull #WilliamGull #WilliamWitheyGull #MrsGull #SusanGull #SusanAnneDacreLacy #ElizabethSrtide #LizStride #LongLizStride #LongLiz #asambleaplaymobil (at Hyde Park)