William Clement (1707 – 15 January 1782) was an Irish academic who spent his whole career at Trinity College Dublin (TCD), teaching botany, natural philosophy, mathematics and medicine there.
[1] He was the third Erasmus Smith's Professor of Natural and Experimental Philosophy at TCD (1745-1759).
[2] William Clement was born in Carrickmacross, County Monaghan, son of merchant Thomas Clement.
He was elected a Fellow in 1733, and later took medical degrees MB (1747), MD (1748).
He was appointed Lecturer in Botany (1733), Erasmus Smith's Professor of Natural and Experimental Philosophy (1745–1759), Donegall Lecturer in Mathematics (1750–1759), and Regius Professor of Physic (1761–1781).