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William Norman Pickles (1885 – 1969) original

William Norman Pickles (1885 – 1969) was an English general practitioner


Biography
  • Born on March 6, 1885 in Camp Road, Leeds
  • 1914-1918 Surgeon-lieutenant in the Royal Naval Reserve during WWI
  • 1942 – Milroy lecturer at the Royal College of Physicians of London
  • 1946 – Stewart prize of the British Medical Association, shared with epidemiologist Major Greenwood (1880-1849)
  • 1948 – Cutter lecturer at Harvard University
  • 1950 – Honorary Doctorate of Science from Leeds University
  • 1953-1956 First president of the College of General Practitioners
  • 1955 – Honorary fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
  • 1957 – CBE, Commander of the Order of the British Empire
  • Died on March 2, 1969

Medical Eponyms


Key Medical Contributions

Magnus ab integro sæclorum nascitur ordo

The great order of the ages is born afresh.
Major Greenwood, 1939

Major Publications

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Graduated from Leeds University in 2014 with MBChB and BSC in Primary Care. Qualified as a General Practitioner under RCGP in 2020. Currently working as an Emergency Department doctor in Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital in Perth, Australia.

BA MA (Oxon) MBChB (Edin) FACEM FFSEM. Emergency physician, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital.  Passion for rugby; medical history; medical education; and asynchronous learning #FOAMed evangelist. Co-founder and CTO of Life in the Fast lane | Eponyms | Books | Twitter |

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