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James Calvert Spence

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Professor Sir James Calvert Spence, MC & Bar (1892–1954), M.D., D. Sc., F. R. C. P., was a decorated war hero and a paediatrician who was a pioneer in the field of social paediatrics. [1]

22 relations: Amble, Calvert (name), David Morley (paediatrician), Dermod MacCarthy, Donald Court, Douglas Gairdner, Frederick Miller (paediatrician), Hugh Jackson (paediatrician), James Calvert Spence College, James Spence, James Spence Medal, John Charles (doctor), Kenneth Cross (physiologist), Leonard B. Strang, List of people from Newcastle upon Tyne, List of people from Northumberland, Platt Report 1959, Ronald MacKeith, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Thousand Families Study, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tina Cooper, 1950 Birthday Honours.

Amble

Amble is a town, civil parish and seaport on the North Sea coast of Northumberland, England.

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Calvert (name)

Calvert is a given name and a surname of English, Scottish and Northern Irish origin.

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David Morley (paediatrician)

David Cornelius Morley CBE, DM, FRCP (15 June 1923 – 2 July 2009) was a British paediatrician and Emeritus Professor of Child Health, UCL Institute of Child Health who saved the lives of many thousands of children in developing countries.

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Dermod MacCarthy

Dermod de la Chevallerie MacCarthy MD MRCP FRCP (15 March 1911 – 12 July 1986) was a British-born paediatrician, notable for establishing a paediatric unit at Stoke Mandeville Hospital and conducting research into common disturbances in childhood and growth in deprived children.

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Donald Court

Seymour Donald Mayneord Court CBE, MB ChB, DCH, MRCP, MD, FRCP, Hon FRCGP (born 4 January 1912 in Wem, died 9 September 1994 in Newcastle upon Tyne) was a deeply religious British, paediatrician who was known for his achievements in the fields of respiratory disease and the epidemiology of disease in childhood.

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Douglas Gairdner

Douglas Montagu Temple Gairdner DM FRCP (19 November 1910 – 10 May 1992) was a Scottish paediatrician, research scientist, academic and author.

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Frederick Miller (paediatrician)

Frederick John William Miller (born 5 November 1911 in Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, Northumberland, died 30 March 1996) was a British paediatrician, who made critically important contributions in describing tuberculosis in childhood, including the definition of the treatment and control, of the disease.

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Hugh Jackson (paediatrician)

Robert Hugh Jackson OBE MC (9 May 19185 October 2013) was a British paediatrician most notable for his campaign to introduce childproof packaging to medicine.

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James Calvert Spence College

James Calvert Spence College is a coeducational community school and sixth form located in Amble in the English county of Northumberland.

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James Spence

James Spence may refer to.

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James Spence Medal

James Spence Medal was a medal that was first struck in 1960, six years after the death of the paediatrician James Calvert Spence and is awarded for outstanding contributions to the advancement or clarification of paediatric knowledge and is the highest honour bestowed by The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health.

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John Charles (doctor)

Sir John Alexander Charles (26 July 1893 in Medomsley– 6 April 1971) was the tenth Chief Medical Officer of the Home Office of the United Kingdom.

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Kenneth Cross (physiologist)

Sir Kenneth William Cross MRCS LRCP, FRCP (born 26 March 1916 in London, died 10 October 1990) was a British physiologist who was principally known for his fundamental contributions to the physiology of newborns that were so relevant to paediatric practice at the time.

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Leonard B. Strang

Leonard Birnie Strang MRCP, FRCP(13 May 1925 in East Kilbride – 24 June 1997) was a Scottish born, British professor of Paediatric sciences and was a Secretary of the Paediatric Committee of the Royal College of Physicians.

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List of people from Newcastle upon Tyne

This is a list of notable people born in, or associated with, Newcastle upon Tyne in England.

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List of people from Northumberland

This list is of people who were born or raised in the County of Northumberland, in England.

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Platt Report 1959

The Platt Report, formerly called the Welfare of Sick Children in Hospital (Ministry of Health, 1959) was a report named after, Sir Harry Platt.

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Ronald MacKeith

Ronald Charles MacKeith (23 February 1908-30 October 1977) - 30 October 1977) BA, MA, BM BCh, DCH Lond, DM, MRCP, FRCP was a British paediatrician. MacKeith was prolific in his endeavours. He was principally known for establishing the first cerebral palsy advice clinic, which was to become in 1964, the larger and more comprehensive Newcomen Centre for handicapped children in Guy's Hospital. He founded the British Paediatric Neurology Association and the medical journal, Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology. His work gained recognition of the field of paediatric neurology as a science in several European countries.

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Royal Victoria Infirmary

The Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI) is a 673-bed tertiary referral centre in Newcastle upon Tyne, England.

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Thousand Families Study, Newcastle upon Tyne

Thousand Families Study was a major epidemiological study, that arose through observations made by Sir James Spence, one of the first ever full-time paediatricians in the United Kingdom, and from 1942, the first holder of a University Chair of Child Health in England.

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Tina Cooper

Christine Elizabeth "Tina" Cooper (21 July 1918 – 1 September 1986) was an English paediatrician and an expert on child abuse.

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1950 Birthday Honours

The King's Birthday Honours 1950 were appointments in many of the Commonwealth realms of King George VI to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Calvert_Spence

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