Edward Watson Hart MBE, FRCP (1911 – 23 May 1986) was a Scottish consultant physician who specialised in pediatrics.[1]
Education[]
Edward Hart was educated at Strathallan School in Perthshire and St John's College, Cambridge, where he was awarded first class honours in the natural sciences Tripos part 1.[1][2] In 1933 he was awarded an entrance scholarship to the Middlesex Hospital in London; obtaining MRCS LRCP in 1936, graduating MB, BChir (Cantab) 1937; attaining MRCP in 1938.[2]
Physician[]
After qualification, Hart held house physician posts at the Middlesex Hospital and the Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street in London where he developed his interest in pediatrics.[2]
During World War II Hart served with the Royal Army Medical Corps and was appointed lieutenant on 25 October 1939.[3] He joined the British Army Blood Transfusion Service commanded by Lionel Whitby and served in France, Northern Ireland and India.[1][2] Hart attained the rank of lieutenant colonel and had overall responsibility for the service in India.[1][2] On 1 January 1945 he was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for his service.[4]
In 1947, on his return to civilian life, Hart was appointed physician to the children's department at the Middlesex Hospital, where he worked single-handed for twenty years.[1][2] He was also appointed paediatrician to Hampstead General Hospital in London.[1][2] In 1949 Hart was elected a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (FRCP).[2]
Hart served as honorary secretary to the British Paediatric Association from 1959-1968 and was made an honorary member in 1974.[2]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "Obituary E W Hart". 28 June 1986. p. 1743. http://www.bmj.com/content/292/6537/1743. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 "Edward Watson Hart". Royal College of Physicians. 2009. http://munksroll.rcplondon.ac.uk/Biography/Details/2070. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
- ↑ "No. 34737". 17 November 1939. p. 7784. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34737/supplement/7784
- ↑ "No. 36866". 29 December 1944. p. 15. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36866/supplement/15
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