William Lister FRSE LRCP (5 April 1756 – 3 February 1830) was a British physician who became Governor of St Thomas' Hospital.
[1] He was sent north to Scotland to study medicine at the University of Edinburgh gaining a doctorate in 1781.
In 1795 he moved to St Thomas' Hospital in London, replacing Dr Crawford, and stayed there until retiral in 1817.
His bust by William Behnes stands in the entrance of St Thomas's Hospital in London.
[3] The bust was created around 1820 (during Lister’s time as Governor) and presented to the hospital in 1869 by his son.