George Ranken Tudhope
Dr George Ranken Tudhope MD FRSE DPH (1893–1955) was a 20th-century Scottish pathologist and medical author.
The George Ranken Tudhope Prize for best student in Pathology at the University of Dundee is named in his honour.
Life[]
He was born on 7 July 1893 in Newport-on-Tay in Fife the son of George Tudhope. He was educated at the High School of Dundee.[1]
He studied Medicine at the University of St Andrews graduating MB ChB in 1918. From 1919 to 1955 he taught Pathology at University College, Dundee, then a constituent college of St Andrews.[2]
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1947. His proposers were Robert Campbell Garry, Edward Thomas Copson, Robert Percival Cook and Alexander David Peacock.[3]
He was President of the Forfarshire Medical Association 1954/55.[4]
He died suddenly on 12 December 1955 aged 62.[5]
Family[]
In 1922 he married Elizabeth Florence McCombe (d.1946). In 1949 he married Christian Johnston Bissett.[6]
From his first marriage he was father to his namesake George Ranken Tudhope (1924–1998) who also had an eminent career as a doctor.[7]
Publications[]
- Thyroid and the Blood
References[]
- ^ Tulloch, W. J. (1957). "George Ranken Tudhope. 7th July 1893-12th December 1955". The Journal of Pathology and Bacteriology. 73: 298–299. doi:10.1002/path.1700730138.
- ^ British Medical Journal, January 1956
- ^ Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0-902-198-84-X.
- ^ Tulloch, W. J. (1957). "George Ranken Tudhope. 7th July 1893-12th December 1955". The Journal of Pathology and Bacteriology. 73: 298–299. doi:10.1002/path.1700730138.
- ^ Lancet: 24.12.1955
- ^ ODNB: George Tudhope
- ^ "Inspiring Physicians | RCP Museum".
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