George Ranken Tudhope
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.[citation needed]
Life[edit]
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.[1]
He died suddenly in Dundee on 13 December 1955 aged 62.[2]
Family[edit]
In 1922 he married Elizabeth Florence McCombe (d.1946). In 1949 he married Christian Johnston Bissett.[4][full citation needed]
From his first marriage he was father to his namesake George Ranken Tudhope (1924–1998) who also had an eminent career as a doctor.[5]
Publications[edit]
- Thyroid and the Blood (1969) - ISBN 9780433328308
References[edit]
- ^ a b Tulloch, W. J. (1957). "George Ranken Tudhope. 7th July 1893-12th December 1955". The Journal of Pathology and Bacteriology. 73 (1): 298–299. doi:10.1002/path.1700730138. ISSN 0368-3494.
- ^ a b "Obituary". The British Medical Journal. 2 (4955). London, United Kingdom: British Medical Association: 1565–1570. 24 December 1955. doi:10.1136/bmj.2.4955.1565-d. ISSN 0007-1447. PMID 13269917. S2CID 220135343. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
- ^ Former Fellows of The Royal Society of Edinburgh: Biographical Index Part Two (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0-902-198-84-X. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
- ^ ODNB: George Tudhope
- ^ "Inspiring Physicians | RCP Museum".
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