| Last name | Thornton |
| First name | William |
| Display name | William Thornton |
| Birth date | 1759 |
| Death date | 1828 |
| Gender | m |
| Affiliations | review |
| Bio notes | Physician, inventor, painter and architect who designed the United States Capitol. Friend of Robert Sutcliff, lived in Washington DC, worked at the Patent Office. Visited by Sutcliff in 1805. |
Travels in Some Parts of North America, in the Years 1804, 1805, & 1806, by Robert Sutcliff