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Thomas Clifford Allbutt

1836-07-20 – 1925-02-22

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Sir Thomas Clifford AllbuttCredit: Unknown author

Life & Legacy

Sir Thomas Clifford Allbutt KCB, MA, MD, ScD, FRS (20 July 1836 – 22 February 1925) was an English physician best known for his role as president of the British Medical Association 1920, for inventing the clinical thermometer, and for supporting Sir William Osler in founding the History of Medicine Society.

Occupation & Career

physician, university teacher

Education

Gonville and Caius College; St Peter's School

Accomplishments, Inventions & Publications

Fellow of the Royal Society; Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath; Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London; Fellow of the Linnean Society of London; Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries; Doctor of Science; Legum Doctor; Doctor of Medicine; Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland; Fellow of the New York Academy of Medicine; Doctor; Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; Goulstonian Lectures; Harveian Oration

Legacy Highlights

Honors & Awards

Doctor · Doctor of Medicine · Doctor of Science · Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences · Fellow of the Linnean Society of London · Fellow of the New York Academy of Medicine · Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland · Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London · Fellow of the Royal Society · Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries · Goulstonian Lectures · Harveian Oration · Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath · Legum Doctor

Employer

University of Leeds

Organizations & Memberships

American Academy of Arts and Sciences · Royal College of Physicians, London · Royal Society of London

Education & Institutions

Gonville and Caius College · St Peter's School

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Sources & Provenance

  1. Wikidata population candidate Q706057 — wikidata View source

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