John Hunter chronology

1728 – Hunter born 13/14 February at Long Calderwood, East Kilbride
1748 – Joins his brother William at his anatomy school in London
1754 – Becomes a pupil at St George’s Hospital; discovers placental circulation
1756 – Spends five months as a house surgeon at St George’s
1760 – Enlists as a surgeon in the army
1762 – Hunter’s first research paper, on the descent of the testes and congenital                 hernias, published in William’s Medical Commentaries
1763 – Leaves army and sets up practice in London
1764 – Becomes engaged to Anne Home
1766 – First paper, on the Siren Lacertina, published by Royal Society
1767 – Elected Fellow of the Royal Society; begins self-experiment on venereal                  disease
1768 – Appointed surgeon at St George’s
1770 – Edward Jenner becomes Hunter’s house pupil
1771 – Publishes first major work, The Natural History of the Human Teeth; marries                Anne Home
1775 – Offers private lectures on surgery
1776 – Appointed Surgeon Extraordinary to George III; treats David Hume
1777 – Attempts to revive Revd William Dodd after hanging
1778 – Publishes A Practical Treatise on the Diseases of the Teeth
1770 – Publishes ‘An account of the free-martin’ in Philosophical Transactions of the              Royal Society
1780 – Accuses brother of stealing his discovery of placental circulation
1783 – Moves to Leicester Square; steals body of Charles Byrne, the Irish Giant
1785 – Consulted by Benjamin Franklin; performs popliteal aneurysm operation
1786 – Treats William Pitt; awarded Copley Medal by RS; publishes A Treatise on              the Venereal Disease
1787 – Treats Adam Smith
1788 – Museum opens twice a year; treats Thomas Gainsborough and young Byron
1790 – Appointed surgeon-general of the army
1792 – Begins writing Observations and Reflections on Geology
1793 – Hunter dies 16 October at St George’s