William Howship Dickinson
| William Howship Dickinson | |
|---|---|
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| Born |
9 June 1832 Brighton, East Sussex, England |
| Died | 9 January 1913 (aged 80) |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | Cambridge, England |
| Occupation | Doctor |
| Known for | Kidney specialist |
William Howship Dickinson (9 June 1832 – 9 January 1913) was a British doctor.[1] He was educated at Cambridge and later trained at St George’s Hospital.
He was involved in the early characterization of what came to be known as Alport syndrome.[2][3] although he was best known as a physician a position he served from 1869 to 1874 at the children’s hospital
He worked at Great Ormond Street Hospital where he was particularly interested in children with neurological conditions.[4] He also worked as a censor and curator of the museum at the Royal College of Physicians. He also served as an examiner in medicine to the Royal College of Surgeons, and to the universities of Cambridge, London and Durham.
He was President of the Pathological Society of London from 1889 to 1891.[5]
References
- ↑ "WILLIAM HOWSHIP DICKINSON, M.D.Cantab., F.R.C.P.Lond". Br Med J. 1 (2716): 141–143. 1913. PMC 2298445.
- ↑ doctor/345 at Who Named It?
- ↑ Dickinson, W. H. (1875) Diseases of the kidney and urinary derangements. London, Langmans, part 2: 278.
- ↑ Waltz M; Shattock P (2004). "Autistic disorder in nineteenth-century London: three case reports". Autism 8 (1): 7–20. doi:10.1177/1362361304040635. PMID 15070544.
- ↑ "Transactions of the Pathological Society". Retrieved 27 October 2012.
Further reading
- "Address of William Howship Dickinson, M.D., President, at the Annual Meeting, March 1st, 1897". PMC 2036671.
External links
- Works by William Howship Dickinson at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about William Howship Dickinson at Internet Archive