William Holt Yates (1802–26 January 1874)Walford, Edward, The County Families of the United Kingdom, 1860, p710Morning Post, 29 January 1874 was a medical doctor. He travelled to the Middle East and was elected a resident member of the Royal Asiatic Society on 21 June 1834Proceedings of the Royal Asiatic Society, Volume 1, 1834, p367.
Education He attended the University of Edinburgh and St John's College, Cambridge, (M.D. 1826).
Career
He was a member of the Royal College of Physicians of London. He was Physician for the Royal General Dispensary, London, then Consulting Physician, retiring in 1846.
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 Hume, A., The Learned Societies and Printing Clubs of the United Kingdom, London, 1853. p124.
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 LowWalford, Edward, The County Families of the United Kingdom, 1889, p1153 at St George's, Hanover SquareLincolnshire Chronicle, 18 August, 1837 Astronomer William Pearson, who officiated at the wedding, was married to Sarah Low's sister, Frances LowThe Monthly Magazine, Volume 17, 1 May 1804, p388.
William Holt Yates was a cousin of Jonathan Holt Titcomb who was the first Bishop of RangoonA short guide to St. Alban’s Church Wickersley. Downloadable as a .docx at St Alban Wickersley Our Church Building Accessed 5 April 2026, or at the archived web page. and father of artist William Holt Yates Titcomb.
References
External links
Yates, William Holt, On the Causes of Epidemic Fever in the Metropolis, More Especially as Regards the Condition of the Labouring Classes, 1838 (Wellcome Collection) Yates, William Holt, The Modern History and Condition of Egypt, its Climate, Diseases, and Capabilities, 1843, Volume I (HathiTrust) Yates, William Holt, The Modern History and Condition of Egypt, its Climate, Diseases, and Capabilities, 1843, Volume II (HathiTrust) Yates, William Holt, "Remarks on the Obelisks of Ancient Egypt'", Original Papers Read Before the Syro-Egyptian Society of London, Volume 1, 1845, p13