John Caius (1510–1573) introduced the study of practical anatomy to England, and was the first to teach it publicly. After studying at Cambridge University, he studied at Padua, Italy, under John Baptist Montanus, the great medical teacher of his time. When he returned to England in 1547, Caius became a fellow, and later president, of the Royal College of Physicians, as well as physician to Edward VI. Caius was also a distinguished classical scholar, and he was especially devoted to studying the works of the famous Greek physician, Galen. In 1557, Caius obtained the letters patent to re-found Gonville Hall, Cambridge, where he had studied, as Gonville and Caius College. He endowed the college with land, money, books and other objects, and drew up an elaborate code of statutes for the college.