William Cumberland Cruikshank facts for kids

Quick facts for kids William Cumberland Cruikshank
portrait by Gilbert Stuart
Born	1745  Edinburgh
Died	27 June 1800  (aged 54–55)
Occupation	Chemist

William Cumberland Cruikshank (1745 in Edinburgh – 27 June 1800) was a British physician and anatomist. He was the author of The Anatomy of the Absorbing Vessels of the Human Body, which was first published in 1786.

He went to London in 1771 and became assistant to William Hunter in his anatomical work. In 1797, he was the first to demonstrate that a particular crystallizable substance exists in the urine and is precipitated from it by nitric acid.

He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in June 1797.