Sir William Selby Church, 1st Baronet, KCB (4 December 1837 – 28 April 1928) was a successful British physician to St Bartholomew's Hospital, president of the Royal College of Physicians from 1899 to 1905 and president of the Royal Society of Medicine from 1907 to 1909 and also in 1893 (having briefly served after the death of Sir Andrew Clark, 1st Baronet earlier that year).[1] He is best remembered for his ability to direct policy of the associations he belonged to.[2]
Church was born in 1837, the son of John Church. He was educated at Harrow School, where he was captain of the cricket team and then went to Oxford University followed by a placement at St Bartholomew’s Hospital.[3] He was appointed a Physician to the St Bartholomew's Hospital and to the Royal General Dispensary.[2]
Church married, in 1875, Sybil Constance Bigge, daughter of Charles J. Bigge. They had at least two sons, the eldest John William Church (b.1878) died before his father, and he was succeeded as 2nd Baronet by his second son Geoffrey Selby Church (1887–1979).
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^A. E. Garrod, ‘Church, Sir William Selby, first baronet (1837–1928)’, rev. G. C. Cook, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 6 June 2013 Sir William Selby Church (1837–1928): doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/32412
^ abRolleston, Humphry (5 May 1928). "SIR WILLIAM SELBY CHURCH, Br., K.C.B., D.M". Br Med J. 1 (3513): 778–780. doi:10.1136/bmj.1.3513.778. ISSN 0007-1447. PMC2455800. PMID 20773872.
^ abc"The College of Physicians in the nineteenth century" (PDF). ClinMed. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
william, church, baronet, william, selby, church, baronet, december, 1837, april, 1928, successful, british, physician, bartholomew, hospital, president, royal, college, physicians, from, 1899, 1905, president, royal, society, medicine, from, 1907, 1909, also,. Sir William Selby Church 1st Baronet KCB 4 December 1837 28 April 1928 was a successful British physician to St Bartholomew s Hospital president of the Royal College of Physicians from 1899 to 1905 and president of the Royal Society of Medicine from 1907 to 1909 and also in 1893 having briefly served after the death of Sir Andrew Clark 1st Baronet earlier that year 1 He is best remembered for his ability to direct policy of the associations he belonged to 2 Sir William Church 1st BaronetKCBBorn 1837 12 04 4 December 1837Died28 April 1928 1928 04 28 aged 90 EducationHarrow SchoolOxford UniversitySt Bartholomew s HospitalSpouseSybil Constance Bigge Contents 1 Biography 2 Family 3 References 4 External linksBiography EditChurch was born in 1837 the son of John Church He was educated at Harrow School where he was captain of the cricket team and then went to Oxford University followed by a placement at St Bartholomew s Hospital 3 He was appointed a Physician to the St Bartholomew s Hospital and to the Royal General Dispensary 2 He was elected president of the Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society in 1893 to replace Sir Andrew Clark who had died in office 3 Church was created a baronet of Woodside in the Parish of Bishop s Hatfield in the County of Hertford of Belshill in the Parish of Bamborough in the County of Northumberland and of Harley Street in the Borough of Saint Marylebone in the County of London on 28 June 1901 4 He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath KCB in the 1902 Coronation Honours list published on 26 June 1902 5 6 and invested as such by King Edward VII at Buckingham Palace on 24 October 1902 7 He received the honorary degree Doctor of Science D Sc from the Victoria University of Manchester in February 1902 in connection with the 50th jubilee celebrations of the establishment of the university 8 Two months later in April 1902 he received the degree D C L from the University of Durham 9 From 1908 to 1910 he was elected president of the Royal Society of Medicine which the Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society had become since his previous brief presidency in 1893 3 Church supported Sir William Osler in the founding of The History of Medicine Society at The Royal Society of Medicine London in 1912 10 Family EditChurch married in 1875 Sybil Constance Bigge daughter of Charles J Bigge They had at least two sons the eldest John William Church b 1878 died before his father and he was succeeded as 2nd Baronet by his second son Geoffrey Selby Church 1887 1979 References Edit A E Garrod Church Sir William Selby first baronet 1837 1928 rev G C Cook Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Oxford University Press 2004 accessed 6 June 2013 Sir William Selby Church 1837 1928 doi 10 1093 ref odnb 32412 a b Rolleston Humphry 5 May 1928 SIR WILLIAM SELBY CHURCH Br K C B D M Br Med J 1 3513 778 780 doi 10 1136 bmj 1 3513 778 ISSN 0007 1447 PMC 2455800 PMID 20773872 a b c The College of Physicians in the nineteenth century PDF ClinMed Retrieved 15 May 2015 No 27328 The London Gazette 28 June 1901 p 4331 The Coronation Honours The Times No 36804 London 26 June 1902 p 5 No 27453 The London Gazette 11 July 1902 p 4441 Court Circular The Times No 36908 London 25 October 1902 p 8 University intelligence The Times No 36704 London 1 March 1902 p 12 University intelligence The Times No 36753 London 28 April 1902 p 12 Hunting Penelope 2002 The History of The Royal Society of Medicine Royal Society of Medicine Press pp 331 333 ISBN 1853154970 External links Edit Works by or about Sir William Church 1st Baronet at WikisourceBaronetage of the United KingdomNew creation Baronet of Woodside Belshill and Harley Street 1901 1928 Succeeded byGeoffrey Church This English biographical article related to medicine is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Sir William Church 1st Baronet amp oldid 1127083546, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
