William Anderson (collector), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

William Anderson (collector)

English surgeon, Japanese art collector, and art historian

Date of Birth: 18-Dec-1842

Place of Birth: Shoreditch, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 27-Oct-1900

Profession: surgeon, art historian, art collector, anatomist

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

William Anderson FRCS (18 December 1842 – 27 October 1900) was an English surgeon born in Shoreditch, London.
He was Professor of Anatomy at the Royal Academy in London, and an important collector and scholar of Japanese art.
He was the first chairman of the Japan Society.
In 1881, the British Museum acquired over 2000 Japanese and Chinese paintings from Anderson, ensuring that it had (and still has) one of the largest such collections in its field in Europe.
The genetic disorder Anderson-Fabry disease is named after him.