Thomas Wharton (anatomist)
Thomas Wharton | |
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Thomas Wharton ca 1650, painted by Anthony van Dyck | |
| Born | 31 August 1614 |
| Died | 15 November 1673 (aged 59) |
| Alma mater | Pembroke College, Cambridge |
| Known for | Submandibular duct, Wharton's jelly, Thyroid gland |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Anatomy |
Thomas Wharton (1614–1673) was an English physician and anatomist best known for his descriptions of the submandibular duct (one of the salivary ducts) and Wharton's jelly of the umbilical cord. He is known mostly from his one published work Adenographia, Glandularum, Totius Corporis Descriptio published in 1656.