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Edward Hart (physician)

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Edward Watson Hart MBE, FRCP (1911 – 23 May 1986) was a Scottish consultant physician who specialised in pediatrics.[1]

Education

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Edward Hart was educated at Strathallan School in Perthshire and St John's College, Cambridge, where he was awarded first class honours in the natural sciences Tripos part 1.[1][2] In 1933 he was awarded an entrance scholarship to the Middlesex Hospital in London; obtaining MRCS LRCP in 1936, graduating MB, BChir (Cantab) 1937; attaining MRCP in 1938.[2]

Physician

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After qualification, Hart held house physician posts at the Middlesex Hospital and the Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street in London where he developed his interest in pediatrics.[2]

During World War II Hart served with the Royal Army Medical Corps and was appointed lieutenant on 25 October 1939.[3] He joined the British Army Blood Transfusion Service commanded by Lionel Whitby and served in France, Northern Ireland and India.[1][2] Hart attained the rank of lieutenant colonel and had overall responsibility for the service in India.[1][2] On 1 January 1945 he was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for his service.[4]

In 1947, on his return to civilian life, Hart was appointed physician to the children's department at the Middlesex Hospital, where he worked single-handed for twenty years.[1][2] He was also appointed paediatrician to Hampstead General Hospital in London.[1][2] In 1949 Hart was elected a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (FRCP).[2]

Hart served as honorary secretary to the British Paediatric Association from 1959-1968 and was made an honorary member in 1974.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f "Obituary E W Hart". British Medical Journal. 292 (6537): 1743–1745. 28 June 1986. doi:10.1136/bmj.292.6537.1743. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Edward Watson Hart". Royal College of Physicians. 2009. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
  3. ^ "No. 34737". The London Gazette (Supplement). 17 November 1939. p. 7784.
  4. ^ "No. 36866". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 December 1944. p. 15.