Birthdate: March 17, 1741
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Wellington, Shropshire, England
Died: October 6, 1799
William Withering was an accomplished English botanist, geologist, chemist, and physician. He made significant contributions to the study of digitalis, a traditional herbal remedy used to treat dropsy. Withering trained as a physician at the University of Edinburgh Medical School and later worked at Birmingham General Hospital. He identified the active ingredient in digitalis as derived from the foxglove plant, and his extensive publications on the medical uses, effects, and toxicity of digitalis greatly advanced the understanding of its bioactivity.
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