Herbert J. Paterson
Herbert John Paterson CBE FRCS (1868 – 21 May 1940) was a British surgeon and gastroenterologist.
Born in Argyllshire, Scotland, he was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, graduating Doctor of Medicine (MD).[1] He later became senior surgeon at the National Temperance Hospital, honorary surgeon to the King Edward VII Hospital for Officers and Hunterian Professor of Surgery[2] at the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
During the First World War he was honorary surgeon-in-charge of the Queen Alexandra’s Hospital for Officers in Highgate, for which he was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in January 1920.[3] He was a champion of nurses and served as medical honorary secretary of the Royal British Nurses' Association.
Paterson married Tempé Faber, daughter of the politician George Henry Faber.
Footnotes
- ^ "Paterson, Herbert John (PTR886HJ)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ "Paterson, Herbert John". Who's Who. 1916. p. 1726.
- ^ "No. 31760". The London Gazette (invalid
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References
- Biography, Who Was Who
Selected works
- Gastric surgery: being the Hunterian Lectures delivered before the Royal College of Surgeons of England on February 19th, 21st and 23rd, 1906.
- The surgery of the stomach: a handbook of diagnosis and treatment (2nd ed.). 1914.
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