Person    | Male  Born 21/2/1862  Died 11/4/1947

Sydney Monckton Copeman

Categories: Medicine, Science

Medical Scientist. Born as Sydney Arthur Monckton Copeman in the cathedral close, Norwich. He was a medical inspector in the Local Government Board (forerunner to the Ministry of Health), where Sir Joseph Lister helped to fund his researches. He transformed vaccination against smallpox into a sure and safe operation. Died at King's Gardens, Hove, Sussex.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in here to see them

This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Sydney Monckton Copeman

Commemorated ati

Sydney Monckton Copeman

English Heritage Sydney Monckton Copeman, 1862-1947, immunologist and develop...

Read More

Other Subjects

Sir Bernard Katz

Sir Bernard Katz

Biophysicist and physician. Born in Leipzig. He came to Britain in 1935 and worked at the University College London (UCL). In 1938 he went to study at the Sydney Medical School. He joined the Royal...

Person, Medicine, Science, Australia, Germany

1 memorial
Henry Gray

Henry Gray

Anatomist and surgeon. Born in Pimlico. In 1845 he became a student at St George's Hospital, and in 1852 was elected a fellow of the Royal Society. In 1858 he published the first edition of his 'An...

Person, Medicine

2 memorials
Children who died in the Evelina at Guy's Hospital

Children who died in the Evelina at Guy's Hospital

See the Evelina Children's Hospital for more information.

Group, Children, Medicine

1 memorial
Sir Arthur Keith

Sir Arthur Keith

Physiologist and anthropologist. Born Aberdeenshire. Trained as a doctor and practiced in Siam but returned to become an academic and researched in the fields of anatomy, physiology, palaeontology ...

Person, Medicine, Science, Scotland

1 memorial