title: Promise cut short: the career of William Anderson.
abstract: This paper traces the career of William Anderson, naval surgeon and naturalist, who served in Cook's ship Resolution on the second and final voyages, and died of tuberculosis high in the Arctic.
authors.affiliation: Wellington 6011, New Zealand. alwynbeasley@hotmail.com
authors.forename: A W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Beasley
mesh_terms: D001110:Arctic Regions; D003643:Death; D005101:Expeditions / Q000266:history*; D005197:Famous Persons; D013502:General Surgery / Q000266:history; D049671:History, 18th Century; D006801:Humans; D019021:Natural History / Q000266:history*; D009326:Naval Medicine / Q000266:history*; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000266:history*