Ophthalmologist. Born Ida Caroline Mann at 67 Fordwych Road, West Hampstead. She was appointed as the Ophthalmic House Surgeon at St Mary's Hospital, London, followed by an honorary staff post at Moorfields Eye Hospital. She went on to run her own private practice in Harley Street. In 1949 she moved to Australia and made a study of the incidence of trachoma in the aboriginal race. Died at her home 56 Hobbs Avenue, Perth.
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Dame Ida Mann
Dame Ida Mann, 1893 - 1983, ophthalmologist lived here, 1902 - 1934. English ...
General Practioner. Founded the first British Medical Association, which existed 1836 - 1845. Worked in Dulwich, 1815 until his death in 1875. At Genealogy we find: " Dr Webster b Brechin {north ...
District Officer in the St John Ambulance Brigade, No. 1 (Prince of Wales's) District, 1926-1947. Serving Brother in the Order of St John.
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"The Elephant Man". Born Leicester. Began to develop severe abnormalities within a few years. By aged 17 his mother had died, his father and step-mother had rejected him, and failing to find a job,...
Alder President associated with St Bartholomew's Hospital in 1702. A director of the slave trading Royal African Company and a governor of the colonial Irish Society.
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