Sir William Stokes (surgeon)

Biography

• Born 10 March 1838, Dublin.
• 1863 – MD, Dublin University
• 1864 – Surgeon to the Meath Hospital, Dublin
• 1871 – Professor of surgery, Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland
• 1886-1887 President of the Royal College of Surgeons
• 1892 – Surgeon in ordinary to Queen Victoria
• 1900 – Consulting surgeon to the British forces in South Africa, Boer war.
• Died 18 August 1900 in Pietermaritzburg of pleurisy. Buried in the military cemetery at Fort Napier, Natal

Major Publications

• Stokes W. Address in Surgery. Churchill. 1882
• Stokes W. William Stokes, his life and work (1804-1878). London: Unwin. 1898

References

• Sir William Stokes. The Cyclopedic review of current history. 1900;10(8):780