William Holt Yates
English physician
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William Holt Yates (1802–26 January 1874)[1][2] was a medical doctor. He travelled to the Middle East and was elected a resident member of the Royal Asiatic Society on 21 June 1834[3].
Education
He attended the University of Edinburgh and St John's College, Cambridge, (M.D. 1826)[1].
Career
He was a member of the Royal College of Physicians of London[1]. He was Physician for the Royal General Dispensary, London, then Consulting Physician, retiring in 1846[1].
In 1841 he travelled around Egypt. He gave an account of this journey in The Modern History and Condition of Egypt, its Climate, Diseases, and Capabilities, 2 volumes, 1843.
He was an Honorary Secretary of the Syro-Egyptian Society, which was founded on 3 December 1844 in London [4].
Family
His parents were William Yates, of Wickersley Hall, Yorkshire and Elizabeth Titcomb. On 2 August 1837 he married Amelia Mary Maxwell, daughter of William Maxwell and Sarah Low[5] at St George's, Hanover Square[6] Astronomer William Pearson, who officiated at the wedding[6], was married to Sarah Low's sister, Frances Low[7].
WillIam Holt Yates was a cousin of Jonathan Holt Titcomb who was the first Bishop of Rangoon[8] and father of artist William Holt Yates Titcomb.
