Clifton Wintringham

Clifton Wintringham was an English physician based in York, born in 1689 and died there in 1748. He came from a medical family and built a reputation as a learned doctor and author, with his work noted in older biographical reference sources.

His books and essays focused on medicine as it was practiced in the early 1700s, including gout and smallpox. He is also associated with some of the earliest published records of weather and disease observations at York, showing a habit of careful reporting that was unusual and valuable for the time.

Wintringham is chiefly remembered today through his medical writings, which reflect a period when physicians were trying to connect close observation with broader theories about the body and disease. Although not widely known outside specialist history, he remains an interesting figure in the story of early English medicine.