William Henry Duncan
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This article is about the English physician. For the missionary who worked with the Tsimshian, see William Duncan (missionary).
William Henry Duncan (27 January 1805 - 23 May 1863), also known as Doctor Duncan was an English Doctor who worked in Liverpool and was also Britain's first Chief Medical Officer [1].
He was born in Liverpool, qualified as a Medical Doctor in Edinburgh, returning to Liverpool to work in General Practice. He was appointed Medical Officer of Health on 1st January 1847. He is buried in Westpark, Elgin.
A pub in Liverpool called Doctor Duncan's is named in his honour. One of the buildings of the Faculty of Medicine at The University of Liverpool is named after William Duncan, The Duncan Building whose entrance is on Daulby Street.
[edit] References
- ^ http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12870037 Journal of Medical Biography 2003 Aug;11(3):142-9
[edit] External links
- Doctor Duncan of Liverpool: Britain's first medical officer
- Doctor William Henry Duncan (1805-1863)
- 1847 report produced by Doctor William Duncan goes online at MerseyGateway.org
- The Duncan Society at the University of Liverpool
- Doctor Duncan's pub in Liverpool
- The Liverpool slums which were the inspiration for Duncan's work.
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