Joseph Toynbee
| Joseph Toynbee | |
|---|---|
| Born |
30 December 1815 Heckington, Lincolnshire |
| Died | 7 July 1866 |
| Nationality | United Kingdom |
| Fields | otologist |
| Known for | pathological and anatomical studies of the ear |
| Influenced | Arnold Toynbee |
Joseph Toynbee (30 December 1815 – 7 July 1866) was an English otologist, whose career was dedicated to pathological and anatomical studies of the ear.
He was born in Heckington, Lincolnshire in 1815.
Personal life
He was married, in August 1846, to Harriet (née Holmes), daughter of Nathaniel Holmes. They had nine children together, including economic historian Arnold Toynbee (1852–1883), and daughter Grace (née Toynbee), who married Percy Faraday Frankland in 1882.
Another son, Harry Valpy Toynbee, was the father of universal historian Arnold J. Toynbee, and archaeologistand art historian Jocelyn Toynbee.
Toynbee died in 1866 when he accidentally inhaled a lethal combination of prussic acid and chloroform; reportedly he was experimenting with these substances as a remedy for tinnitus. He was buried at St Mary's, Wimbledon.
Career
In 1857 Toynbee became aural surgeon and lecturer at St Mary's Hospital in Paddington and was a pioneer in the field of otology. It was during this time that he composed two important works: A Descriptive Catalogue of Preparations Illustrative of the Diseases of the Ear (1857), and The Diseases of the Ear: Their Nature, Diagnosis and Treatment (1860). Also Toynbee is credited as the first physician to discover a link between stapes fixation and hearing loss.
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in March 1842.[1]
Austrian otologist Adam Politzer (1835–1920) penned biographies in French (1905) and German (1914) honoring Toynbee, whom Politzer regarded as a major influence.
Toynbee genealogy
Beginning with Joseph, the Toynbees have been prominent in British intellectual society for several generations (note that this diagram is not a comprehensive Toynbee family tree):
| Joseph Toynbee Pioneering otolaryngologist | Harriet Holmes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arnold Toynbee Economic historian | Harry Valpy Toynbee | Gilbert Murray Classicist and public intellectual | Lady Mary Howard | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arnold J. Toynbee Universal historian | Rosalind Murray 1890-1967 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Antony Harry Toynbee 1914-39 | Philip Toynbee Writer and journalist | Anne Powell | Lawrence Toynbee b. 1922 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Josephine Toynbee | Polly Toynbee Journalist | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
References
- ↑ "Lists of Royal Society Fellows 1660-2007". London: The Royal Society. Retrieved 18 July 2010.
- Betlejewski, Stanisław; Betlejewski Andrzej (August 2009). "Joseph Toynbee--otologist, scientist, philanthropist". Otolaryngologia polska. the Polish otolaryngology (in pol) (Poland) 63 (2): 199–203. doi:10.1016/S0030-6657(09)70106-4. ISSN 0030-6657. PMID 19681496.
External links
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Wikisource has the text of the 1885–1900 Dictionary of National Biography's article about Toynbee, Joseph. |
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Joseph Toynbee. |
- Sketches of Otohistory; Origins of Otology in the British Isles: Wilde and Toynbee by Joseph E Hawkins
- Adam Politzer studies by Dr. Albert Mudry
- New General Catalog of Old Books and Authors
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