William Henry Power

Sir William Henry Power, KCB, FRS (15 December 1842 – 28 July 1916) was a British medical doctor.

Sir William Henry Power

Biography

He was born in London, and served as Assistant Medical Officer and Medical Inspector for General Sanitary Purposes of the Local Government Board. The entomologist and lecturer of medicine, John Arthur Power was an uncle.

In January 1900, he was appointed Chief Medical Officer of England, and served as such until 1908.

In 1898 he was awarded the first Edward Jenner Medal of the Epidemiological Society of London.^[1] He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1895 and awarded their Buchanan Medal in 1907.^[2] He won the Bisset Hawkins Medal from the Royal College of Physicians in 1902.^[3][4]

He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the November 1902 Birthday Honours list,^[5][6] and knighted as a Knight Commander (KCB) of the same order in 1908.^[2]

He died at Holly Lodge, East Molesey, Surrey, in 1916.^[7]

References

1. "Photo of the Epidemiological Society Medal". Archives Hub. Retrieved 22 October 2012.
2. "Library and Archive". Royal Society. Retrieved 22 October 2012.
3. "The Royal College of Physicians of London". The Times. No. 36836. London. 2 August 1902. p. 11.
4. "Full text of "A list of the fellows, members, extra-licentiates and licentiates of the Royal College of Physicians of London, 1859-[1986]"". Internet Archive. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
5. "Birthday Honours". The Times. No. 36921. London. 10 November 1902. p. 10.
6. "No. 27499". The London Gazette. 28 November 1902. p. 8253.
7. "Deaths". The Times. 31 July 1916. p. 1.

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