Professor Tony Dornhorst | |
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Born | Antony Clifford Dornhorst 2 April 1915 |
Died | 9 March 2003 | (aged 87)
Nationality | United Kingdom |
Education | St Clement Danes School |
Alma mater | St Thomas's Hospital Medical School |
Occupations | |
Employers |
Professor Antony Clifford Dornhorst CBE, FRCP (1915–2003) was a British physician and medical educator, described by The Guardian as "one of the outstanding academic clinician-scientists of his generation". [1]
Dornhorst was born on 2 April 1915 in Woodford, Essex. [1] His father was a company director of Dutch descent; his mother a musician. [1]
He was educated at St Clement Danes School, but did not attend school between the ages of 12 and 14. [1] He subsequently studied medicine at St Thomas's Hospital Medical School. [1] At the age of 23, he became the youngest ever member of the Royal College of Physicians. [1]
He served with the Royal Army Medical Corps in World War II, in Palestine, north Africa, Italy, and as the senior physician in Berlin, with the rank of lieutenant colonel. [1] It was in Berlin that he met Helen, a Royal Army Medical Corps radiologist, who was to become his wife. [1]
He was appointed a reader in medicine at St Thomas's in 1949 and became a consultant there in 1951. [1]
He held the foundation chair of medicine at St George's Hospital Medical School from 1959 to 1980. [1]
Serving on the Himsworth committee on matters relating to Northern Ireland, he once inhaled CS gas to better understand its effects. [1]
He was a member of the Medical Research Council from 1973 to 1977. [2]
He was made a Commander of the Order of British Empire (CBE) in 1977, as part of the Silver Jubilee and Birthday Honours. [3]
He died on 9 March 2003. [1]
Professor Tony Dornhorst | |
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Born | Antony Clifford Dornhorst 2 April 1915 |
Died | 9 March 2003 | (aged 87)
Nationality | United Kingdom |
Education | St Clement Danes School |
Alma mater | St Thomas's Hospital Medical School |
Occupations | |
Employers |
Professor Antony Clifford Dornhorst CBE, FRCP (1915–2003) was a British physician and medical educator, described by The Guardian as "one of the outstanding academic clinician-scientists of his generation". [1]
Dornhorst was born on 2 April 1915 in Woodford, Essex. [1] His father was a company director of Dutch descent; his mother a musician. [1]
He was educated at St Clement Danes School, but did not attend school between the ages of 12 and 14. [1] He subsequently studied medicine at St Thomas's Hospital Medical School. [1] At the age of 23, he became the youngest ever member of the Royal College of Physicians. [1]
He served with the Royal Army Medical Corps in World War II, in Palestine, north Africa, Italy, and as the senior physician in Berlin, with the rank of lieutenant colonel. [1] It was in Berlin that he met Helen, a Royal Army Medical Corps radiologist, who was to become his wife. [1]
He was appointed a reader in medicine at St Thomas's in 1949 and became a consultant there in 1951. [1]
He held the foundation chair of medicine at St George's Hospital Medical School from 1959 to 1980. [1]
Serving on the Himsworth committee on matters relating to Northern Ireland, he once inhaled CS gas to better understand its effects. [1]
He was a member of the Medical Research Council from 1973 to 1977. [2]
He was made a Commander of the Order of British Empire (CBE) in 1977, as part of the Silver Jubilee and Birthday Honours. [3]
He died on 9 March 2003. [1]