Victor Horsley
British physiologist and surgeon (1857–1916)
Biography
Sir Victor Alexander Haden Horsley (14 April 1857 – 16 July 1916) was a British scientist and professor.
He was born in Kensington, London. Educated at Cranbrook School, Kent, he studied medicine at University College London and in Berlin, Germany (1881) and, in the same year, started his career as a house surgeon and registrar at the University College Hospital. From 1884 to 1890, Horsley was Professor-Superintendent of the Brown Institute.
In 1886, he was appointed as Assistant Professor of Surgery at the National Hospital for Paralysis and Epilepsy, and as a Professor of Pathology (1887–1896) and Professor of Clinical Surgery (1899–1902) at University College London. He was a supporter of women's suffrage and was an opponent of tobacco and alcohol.
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Career highlights
Employers / organisations
- University College London
Family
- Spouse(s)
- Eldred Bramwell
- Children
- Capt. Oswald HorsleyPamela Comfrey HorsleyLieut. Siward Myles Horsley
- Parents
- John Callcott HorsleyRosamund Haden
Awards & honours (6)
- Fellow of the Royal Society
- Royal Medal
- Croonian Medal and Lecture
- Knight Bachelor
- Companion of the Order of the Bath
- Cameron Prize of the University of Edinburgh
Quick answers about Victor Horsley
- How old was Victor Horsley?
- Victor Horsley died on July 16, 1916 at the age of 59.
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- Victor Horsley was born on April 14, 1857.
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- Victor Horsley was born in Kensington.
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- Victor Horsley's zodiac sign is Aries.
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- Victor Horsley is a citizen of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
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- Victor Horsley is known as military physician, neuroscientist, neurosurgeon, neurologist.
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- According to Wikidata, Victor Horsley's spouse is or was Eldred Bramwell.
- How many children did Victor Horsley have?
- Wikidata lists 3 children of Victor Horsley.
