   william benjamin carpenter' cb frs (29 october 1813 â 19 november 1885) was an english physician, invertebrate zoologist and physiologist. he was instrumental in the early stages of the unified university of london. ==life== carpenter was born on 29 oct 1813 in exeter, the eldest son of dr lant carpenter and his wife, anna carpenter (nÃ©e penn). his father was an important unitarian preacher who influenced a "rising generation of unitarian intellectuals, including james martineau and the westminster reviews john bowring." {{cite book | last = desmond | first = adrian | authorlink = adrian desmond | year = 1989 | title = the politics of evolution: morphology, medicine, and reform in radical london | publisher = [
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