List of presidents of the Osler Club of London

The presidents of the Osler Club of London[1] have been:

Sir William Osler, 1st Baronet coat of arms

1950-1961
YearsNameCommentsImage
1950-1952Sir Zachary Cope[2]
1952-1954Alfred White Franklin (1905 – 1984)Franklin co-founded the Osler Club of London while he was a medical student at St Bartholomew's Hospital, London and later wrote a biography of Sir William Osler.[3]
1954-1956Vivian Green-Armytage (1882 - 1961[4]Green-Armytage was a gynecologist, noted for his progressive views, his service to Indian gynaecology and obstetrics, and his distinguished service in the Royal Army Medical Corps during the First World War.[5]
1956-1958W. S. C. Copeman (1900 - 1970)[4]Copeman was a rheumatologist and a medical historian, best remembered for his contributions to the study of arthritic disease.[6]
1958-1961Arthur Dickson Wright (1897–1976)[7]

1961-1971
YearsNameCommentsImage
1961-1963Harold Avery[8]
1963-1965Charles Edward Newman
1965-1967Noël Poynter (1908-1979)Librarian then Director of the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine.[9][10]
1967-1969Jessie Dobson (1906 - 1984)Between 1954 and 1971, Dobson was the curator of the Hunterian Museum at the Royal College of Surgeons of England.[11]
1969-1971Kenneth Bryn Thomas (1915-1978) [12]

1971-1981
YearsNameCommentsImage
1971-1972D. Geraint James (2 January 1922 – 20 October 2010)James was a Welsh physician known for his work on sarcoidosis. He set up a specialist clinic for the condition and earned the nickname of the "King of Sarcoid".[13]
1972-1974John CuleCule was a Welsh general practitioner and later psychiatrist.[14]
1975-1976Henry R. Rollin
1976-1978Neil McIntyre
1978-1980P. M. Daniel
1980-1981L. G. Matthews

1981-1991
YearsNameCommentsImage
1981-1982Victor Cornelius Medvei
1982-1983B. T. Davis
1983-1984Arthur Hollman
1984-1985Alex Sakula
1985-1986Theodore T. Macadam
1986-1987Harvey WhiteIn 1976, White became consultant surgeon at the Royal Marsden Hospital. Subsequently, he held posts at King Edward VII Hospital for Officers, St Luke's Hospital for the Clergy and The London Clinic. He is a past president of the Medical Society of London and vice president of the British Association of Surgical Oncology and Royal Society of Medicine. In 2012, he was the first recipient of the Royal Society of Medicine Medal.[15]
1987-1988Ruth Bowden
1988-1989Dame Josephine Barnes (1912 - 1999)Barnes was a leading obstetrician and gynaecologist and the first female president of the British Medical Association, 1979. She was also active in the Women's National Cancer Control Campaign with cancer screening.[16]
1989-1990Sir Gordon Wolstenholme
1990-1991Sir Harold Ellis

1991-2001
YearsNameCommentsImage
1991-1992Sydney Selwyn
1992-1993John Garrett
1993-1995Gordon Cook
1995-1997William Dinning
1997-1999Edward Howard (Ted Howard)
1999-2001John W. K. WardWard is a general practitioner, fellow of both the Royal College of Physicians Edinburgh and Royal College of General Practitioners. He is a past president of the British Society for the History of Medicine[17] and was chairman at the annual meeting of the American Osler Society in Oxford in 2014.[18]

2001-2011
YearsNameCommentsImage
2001-2003James Heron
2003-2005Raymond Hunt
2005-2007David Green[19]
2007-2009John Walker-Smith
2009-2011Adrian ThomasThomas is a retired radiologist, and visiting professor at Canterbury Christ Church University. He is a past president of the British Society for the History of Medicine.[20][21]

2011-2019
YearsNameCommentsImage
2011-2013Peter Simpson
2013-2015Andrew Hilson
2015-2017Richard OsbornIn 2017, Osborn retired from leadership roles in library services, in which he worked for 32 years.[22]
2017-2019Sarah Peart
2019-Graham KyleKyle is a retired ophthalmic surgeon who, after obtaining the Diploma in the History of Medicine of the Society of Apothecaries of London in 2014, lectures on history of medicine and medical ethics and law.[23]
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See also

References
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