An haife shi a Kingston-upon-Hull kuma ya yi karatu a Makarantar Westminster. Ya sami tallafin karatu a Kwalejin Trinity, Cambridge, amma ya yanke shawarar zama dalibi na surukinsa, John Hunter, a Asibitin St George. Hunter ya auri 'yar'uwarsa, mawaƙa da kuma zamantakewar Anne Home, a watan Yuli 1771. Ya taimaka wa Hunter a yawancin binciken da ya yi na ilimin lissafi, kuma a cikin kaka na 1776 ya bayyana wani ɓangare na Hunter. Akwai kuma shaidar da ke nuna cewa Home ya yi amfani da aikin Hunter, wani lokacin kai tsaye, wani lokacin a kaikaice; ya kuma lalata takardun surukinsa don ɓoye shaidar wannan satar. Tambaya: A waɗanne fannoni ne ya taimaka wa Hunter?
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