Royal College of Surgeons

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Royal College of Surgeons

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION

Official Website:
http://www.rcseng.ac.uk/

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Sir Charles Bell Doctor Nov-1774 28-Apr-1842 New Idea of Anatomy of the Brain

Frank Macfarlane Burnet Scientist 3-Sep-1899 31-Aug-1985 Acquired immunological tolerance

John Charnley Doctor 29-Aug-1912 5-Aug-1982 Hip replacement surgery

A. J. Clark Scientist 19-Aug-1885 30-Jul-1941 Drug responses

E. C. Dodds Scientist 13-Oct-1899 16-Dec-1973 Diethylstilbestrol

John Langdon Down Doctor 18-Nov-1828 7-Oct-1896 Down's syndrome

Alexander Fleming Scientist 6-Aug-1881 11-Mar-1955 Discovered penicillin

Charles B. Huggins Scientist 22-Sep-1901 12-Jan-1997 Hormonal treatment of prostate and breast cancers

Thomas Henry Huxley Scientist 24-May-1825 29-Jun-1895 Debated Wilberforce over evolution

Joseph Lister Doctor 5-Apr-1827 10-Feb-1912 Pioneer of antiseptic surgery

Sir Richard Owen Naturalist 20-Jul-1804 18-Dec-1892 A History of British Fossil Reptiles

Sir James Paget Doctor 11-Jan-1814 20-Dec-1899 Father of modern pathology

James Parkinson Doctor 11-Apr-1755 21-Dec-1824 Essay on the Shaking Palsy

Ronald Ross Scientist 13-May-1857 16-Sep-1932 Discovered malaria parasite in mosquitoes

Patrick Steptoe Doctor 9-Jun-1913 21-Mar-1988 In vitro fertilization

Max Theiler Scientist 30-Jan-1899 11-Aug-1972 Yellow fever vaccination

Andrew Wakefield Doctor 1957 Bogus study linked vaccines and autism

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