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Sharkey was born at [[Saint Peter, Jersey]] and educated at [[Christ's Hospital]]. He won an open classical scholarship to [[Jesus College, Oxford]], [[matriculation|matriculating]] in 1866 and obtaining a first-class honours degree in natural science in 1870. He later obtained the degrees of [[Bachelor of Medicine|MB]] (1875) and [[Doctor of Medicine|MD]] (1888). He won the Radcliffe Travelling Fellowship in 1873 and spent three years studying medicine in Berlin, Vienna and Paris before completing his medical training at [[St Thomas' Hospital]], rising to the position of consultant physician. He became a Fellow of the [[Royal College of Physicians]] in 1885. His interest in diseases of the nervous system led to him becoming President of the Neurological Society of the United Kingdom in 1904. He was [[Knight Bachelor|knighted]] in 1914 and became an Honorary [[Oxbridge Fellow|Fellow]] of Jesus College in 1918.<ref>{{cite news|work=[[The Times]]|date=7 September 1929|page=14|title=Sir Seymour Sharkey – An able physician}}</ref> |
Sharkey was born at [[Saint Peter, Jersey]], the third son of Edmund Sharkey, M.D., and educated at [[Christ's Hospital]]. He won an open classical scholarship to [[Jesus College, Oxford]], [[matriculation|matriculating]] in 1866 and obtaining a first-class honours degree in natural science in 1870. He later obtained the degrees of [[Bachelor of Medicine|MB]] (1875) and [[Doctor of Medicine|MD]] (1888). He won the Radcliffe Travelling Fellowship in 1873 and spent three years studying medicine in Berlin, Vienna and Paris before completing his medical training at [[St Thomas' Hospital]], rising to the position of consultant physician. He became a Fellow of the [[Royal College of Physicians]] in 1885 and delivered their [[Goulstonian lecture]] in 1886 and their [[Bradshaw Lecture]] in 1906 on rectal alimetation. <ref> {{cite web|url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2452157/?page=1|SIR SEYMOUR JOHN SHARKEY, M.D., F.R.C.P|journal = BMJ|accessdate= 28 August 2010}} </ref> |
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His interest in diseases of the nervous system led to him becoming President of the Neurological Society of the United Kingdom in 1904. He was [[Knight Bachelor|knighted]] in 1914 and became an Honorary [[Oxbridge Fellow|Fellow]] of Jesus College in 1918.<ref>{{cite news|work=[[The Times]]|date=7 September 1929|page=14|title=Sir Seymour Sharkey – An able physician}}</ref> |
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He died in 1929 and was buried at [[Kensal Green Cemetery]]. |
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Revision as of 22:42, 28 August 2010
Sir Seymour Sharkey (10 July 1847 – 6 September 1929) was a physician at St Thomas' Hospital, London.
Life
Sharkey was born at Saint Peter, Jersey, the third son of Edmund Sharkey, M.D., and educated at Christ's Hospital. He won an open classical scholarship to Jesus College, Oxford, matriculating in 1866 and obtaining a first-class honours degree in natural science in 1870. He later obtained the degrees of MB (1875) and MD (1888). He won the Radcliffe Travelling Fellowship in 1873 and spent three years studying medicine in Berlin, Vienna and Paris before completing his medical training at St Thomas' Hospital, rising to the position of consultant physician. He became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in 1885 and delivered their Goulstonian lecture in 1886 and their Bradshaw Lecture in 1906 on rectal alimetation. [1]
His interest in diseases of the nervous system led to him becoming President of the Neurological Society of the United Kingdom in 1904. He was knighted in 1914 and became an Honorary Fellow of Jesus College in 1918.[2]
He died in 1929 and was buried at Kensal Green Cemetery.
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