Atkins, Sir Hedley John Barnard (1905–1983), surgeon and medical administrator, was born on 30 December 1905 at 59 Addison Gardens, Hammersmith, London, the son of Colonel Sir John Atkins, general practitioner, and his wife, Elizabeth May Smith. He had a privileged upbringing in the family of an outstanding general practitioner and he used well the opportunities which this gave. He was educated at ...
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Atkins, Sir Hedley John Barnard (1905–1983), surgeon and medical administrator
David Tyrrell
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Boldero, Sir Harold Esmond Arnison (1889–1960), physician and medical administrator
Brain
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Boldero, Sir Harold Esmond Arnison (1889–1960), physician and medical administrator, was born in Maida Vale, London, on 20 August 1889, the elder son of John Boldero, company director, and his wife, Clara Arnison, of Penrith, Cumberland. Boldero was educated at Charterhouse School and at ...
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Bond, Sir (Charles) Hubert (1870–1945), psychiatrist and mental health administrator
Aubrey Lewis
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Bond, Sir (Charles) Hubert (1870–1945), psychiatrist and mental health administrator, was born at the vicarage, Ogbourne St George, Wiltshire, on 6 September 1870, the elder son of the Revd Alfred Bond, who became chaplain to the Worcester County Asylum, and his wife, Frances Elizabeth...
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Brain, Walter Russell, first Baron Brain (1895–1966), physician and medical administrator
George Pickering
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Brain, Walter Russell, first Baron Brain (1895–1966), physician and medical administrator, was born at Clovelly, Denmark Road, Reading, on 23 October 1895, the only son and elder child of Walter John Brain, solicitor, and his wife, Edith Alice, daughter of Charles Smith, architect. At ...
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Bridges, John Henry (1832–1906), positivist and medical administrator
Christopher A. Kent
Bridges, John Henry (1832–1906), positivist and medical administrator, was born on 11 October 1832 at the vicarage, Old Newton, Suffolk. Slight, fair-haired, and fine-featured, he was the third of five children of the Revd Charles Bridges (1794–1869), a well-known evangelical, and his wife, ...
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Burden, Harold Nelson (1860–1930), Church of England clergyman and health administrator
Peter Carpenter
Burden, Harold Nelson (1860–1930), Church of England clergyman and health administrator, was born on 20 March 1860 at Hythe, Kent, the eldest of the three children of Thomas Burden (1829–1872), a grocer, and his wife, Sarah Ann (Sally) Munk (c.1833–1902). When he was twelve his father died, and he was probably brought up by his grandparents, who were farmers. Unfortunately he was not successful as a grazier and dairyman and was declared bankrupt in 1886. He then worked in the slums of the ...
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Cameron, Sir James Clark (1905–1991), general practitioner and medical administrator
Gordon Macpherson
Cameron, Sir James Clark (1905–1991), general practitioner and medical administrator, was born on 8 April 1905 at Bridge of Earn, Perthshire, Scotland, the only son and elder child of Malcolm Clark Cameron (1872–1917), police officer, and his wife, Grace (1879–1963), seamstress, daughter of ...
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Cantlie, Sir James (1851–1926), physician and medical administrator
Mark Harrison
Cantlie, Sir James (1851–1926), physician and medical administrator, was born on 17 January 1851 at Keithmore Farm, Dufftown, Banffshire, the eldest son of William and Janet Cantlie. Growing up on his father's farm, he absorbed a strong sense of duty and obligation, and the ethics of the Scottish clan remained with him throughout his life. Often in the course of his long medical career he would offer his services free of charge, and he took a great interest in the welfare of those less fortunate than himself. The forthright manner in which he was later to express many of his views on social issues can also be attributed to the formative influences of his childhood, especially that of his father, who was known as the '...
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Clarke, George Thomas Smith- (1884–1960), automobile and medical engineer
Adrian Padfield
Clarke, George Thomas Smith- (1884–1960), automobile and medical engineer, was born at Lower Park, Bewdley, Worcestershire, on 23 December 1884, the second of seven children (one of whom was adopted) of Henry Clarke (1850–1897), brass finisher and engineer, who in 1871 married Harriet (...
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Collingwood, Sir Edward Foyle (1900–1970), mathematician and medical administrator
M. L. Cartwright
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Collingwood, Sir Edward Foyle (1900–1970), mathematician and medical administrator, was born at Lilburn Tower, near Wooler, Northumberland, on 17 January 1900, the eldest of the four sons of Colonel Cuthbert George Collingwood (1848–1933), landowner, of Glanton Pyke, and his wife, Dorothy, daughter of the ...
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Collingwood, Sir Edward Foyle (1900–1970)
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Sir Edward Foyle Collingwood (1900–1970) by Elliott & Fry, 1962 © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Cox, Alfred (1866–1954), medical administrator
Hugh Clegg
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Cox, Alfred (1866–1954), medical administrator, was born on 5 May 1866 at Middlesbrough, the second son in the family of eight children of Thomas Benjamin Cox, a bridgeyard worker, and his wife, Dinah Sanderson Skilbeck, a blacksmith's daughter. He was an unhealthy child. Shortly after his birth the family moved to ...
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Cuningham, James MacNabb (1829–1905), military surgeon and medical administrator
Mark Harrison
Cuningham, James MacNabb (1829–1905), military surgeon and medical administrator, was born at the Cape of Good Hope on 2 June 1829, the son of Major William Cunningham of the 54th Bengal infantry. Cuningham, who altered the spelling of his surname, read medicine at ...
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Fletcher, Sir Walter Morley (1873–1933), physiologist and medical administrator
T. R. Elliott
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Fletcher, Sir Walter Morley (1873–1933), physiologist and medical administrator, was born in Liverpool on 21 July 1873, the sixth and youngest son of the ten children of Alfred Evans Fletcher, civil servant, and his wife, Sarah Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Morley, of Leeds...
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Greene, John (1916–2001), nurse and health service manager
Stuart Wildman
Greene, John (1916–2001), nurse and health service manager, was born in Moyralla, co. Clare, Ireland, on 8 September 1916, the son of John Greene (1881–1960), a farmer. His mother (née Chambers) died in 1925 following the birth of their tenth child. ...
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Harington, Sir Charles Robert (1897–1972), biochemist and medical administrator
Harold Himsworth
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Harington, Sir Charles Robert (1897–1972), biochemist and medical administrator, was born on 1 August 1897 at Llanerfyl, north Wales, the elder son (there were no daughters) of the Revd Charles Harington (1862–1921), and his wife, Audrey Emma, daughter of the Revd Robert Burges Bayly...
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Harrison, Benjamin (1771–1856), hospital administrator and philanthropist
Amalie M. Kass
Harrison, Benjamin (1771–1856), hospital administrator and philanthropist, was born on 29 July 1771 at West Ham, Essex, the fourth son of Benjamin Harrison (1734–1797), treasurer of Guy's Hospital. His formal education is obscure, but he was well prepared for his life's work by living from the age of fourteen with his father in the treasurer's house at ...
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Hastings, Sir Charles (1794–1866)
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Sir Charles Hastings (1794–1866) by Samuel William Reynolds junior, pubd 1839 (after Benjamin Rawlinson Faulkner) © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Hastings, Sir Charles (1794–1866), physician and founder of the British Medical Association
P. W. J. Bartrip
Hastings, Sir Charles (1794–1866), physician and founder of the British Medical Association, was born on 11 January 1794 at a lodging house in Ludlow, Shropshire, the ninth of the fifteen children of James Hastings (1755–1856), Church of England rector, and his wife, Elizabeth, ...
