Ophthalmologist. Born in Pitlochry, Scotland. Wrote a classic manual for eye surgeons, entitled "Textbook of Ophthalmology".
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Sir Stewart Duke-Elder
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Duke-Elder
English Heritage Sir Stewart Duke-Elder, 1898 - 1978, ophthalmologist, lived...
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Dr. William Hunter
William Hunter was born on 23 May 1718 at Long Calderwood, East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, the seventh child of John Hunter (1673-1741) and Agnes Hunter née Paul (1691-1751). William H...
2 memorials
Sir Roger Bannister
Athlete and doctor. Born Roger Gilbert Bannister in Harrow. While still a medical student, he won the mile event in the Oxford versus Cambridge match four times between 1947 and 1950, and was a fin...
2 memorials
Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice
From their website, 2024: "Having secured statutory public inquiries in the UK and Scotland, we are now seeking to secure devolved inquiries in Wales and Northern Ireland. We are campaigning to ens...
1 memorial
B. K. S. Iyengar
Founder of Iyengar Yoga. Born Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar in Bellur, Kolar district, Karnataka, India. Throughout his childhood, he suffered with a number of diseases, until his brothe...
1 memorial
League of the Royal Free Hospital Nurses
We've put the two leagues together: League of the Royal Free Hospital Nurses & Hampstead General Hospital Nurses League, since, when the NHS merged the two hospital together, presumably the Nur...
2 memorials
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