Famous British Pathologists

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Joseph Lister

(British Medical Scientist and a Pioneer in the Field of Antiseptic Medicine and Surgery)

Birthdate: April 5, 1827

Sun Sign: Aries

Birthplace: Upton House, West Ham, England

Died: February 10, 1912

British surgeon Joseph Lister was a pioneer of antiseptic medicine usage and made a huge contribution to the development of preventive medicine for bacterial infection. His achievements have been honored by many, such as the makers of Listerine antiseptic and mouthwash, who named their product after him.

Charles Scott Sherrington

(English Neurophysiologist Who Won the 1932 Nobel Prize in Medicine)

Birthdate: November 27, 1857

Sun Sign: Sagittarius

Birthplace: Islington, London, England

Died: March 4, 1952

Charles Scott Sherrington was an English histologist, neurophysiologist, pathologist, and bacteriologist. In 1932, Sherrington and Edgar Douglas Adrian were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discoveries of the functions of neurons. Charles Scott Sherrington's exposition of synaptic communication between neurons helped understand the central nervous system. He was also the recipient of the prestigious Royal Medal.

Thomas Hodgkin

(Former Physician best known for the first account of Hodgkin's disease, a form of lymphoma and blood disease, in 1832)

Birthdate: August 17, 1798

Sun Sign: Leo

Birthplace: Pentonville, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom

Died: April 5, 1866

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Marie Cassidy

(Pathologist)

Birthdate: 1951 AD

Birthplace: Rutherglen, Scotland

Jonathan Hutchinson

(Surgeon)

Birthdate: July 23, 1828

Sun Sign: Leo

Birthplace: Selby, Yorkshire, England

Died: June 13, 1913

Matthew Baillie

(British Physician and Pathologist Who First Identified Transposition of the Great Vessels and Situs Inversus)

Birthdate: October 27, 1761

Sun Sign: Scorpio

Birthplace: Shots Manse, Scotland

Died: September 23, 1823

The man who penned the first published study of pathology in English, Matthew Baillie was an Oxford-educated physician who was later also named a Fellow of The Royal Society. He also inherited the estates of his physician uncle William Hunter and taught at his medical school for a while.

Robin Coombs

(Immunologist)

Birthdate: January 9, 1921

Sun Sign: Capricorn

Birthplace: London, England

Died: January 25, 2006

John Simon

(Surgeon)

Birthdate: October 10, 1816

Sun Sign: Libra

Birthplace: London, England

Died: July 23, 1904