Professor Harry Stobie- World War I Patient Records of
TitleProfessor Harry Stobie- World War I Patient Records of
ReferenceMS0298
Level of descriptionfonds
DateNovember 1915 - April 1919
Admin./ biographical historyHarry Stobie (1882 – 1948) M.R.C.S 9th November 1911; F.R.C.S by election 12th April 1945; L.D.S. 1910; F.D.S foundation 1947 ; L.R.C.P. 1911.
Harry Stobie was born on 23 October 1882, the eldest child of George Stobie and Nellie Williams. His early life was spent in South Africa.
He studied at St Thomas’s Hospital, qualifying in 1911, having qualified as a dentist the previous year. In 1915 he was appointed assistant surgeon at the Royal Dental Hospital. During World War I he served as a surgeon specialist under Sir Frank Colyer at the Croydon War Hospital for Injuries of the Jaws, before becoming Dean and lecturer of the Royal Dental Hospital in 1920. He was elected surgeon in 1930 and 1932-1936 was postgraduate instructor in oral surgery. He was appointed the first University of London professor of dental surgery and pathology, with a chair at the Royal Dental Hospital, in 1939.
During World War II he was consulting dental surgeon to the Army with the rank of Brigadier. His other professional honours included the presidency of the Odontological Section of the Royal Society of Medicine as well as the Metropolitan Branch of the British Dental Association. He was elected FRCS as a member of 20 years' standing, in 1945, and was amongst the foundation Fellows of the new Faculty of Dental Surgery at the College in 1947.
He died on 27th April 1948. His wife survived him with two sons, one of whom qualified LDS in 1940.
Harry Stobie was born on 23 October 1882, the eldest child of George Stobie and Nellie Williams. His early life was spent in South Africa.
He studied at St Thomas’s Hospital, qualifying in 1911, having qualified as a dentist the previous year. In 1915 he was appointed assistant surgeon at the Royal Dental Hospital. During World War I he served as a surgeon specialist under Sir Frank Colyer at the Croydon War Hospital for Injuries of the Jaws, before becoming Dean and lecturer of the Royal Dental Hospital in 1920. He was elected surgeon in 1930 and 1932-1936 was postgraduate instructor in oral surgery. He was appointed the first University of London professor of dental surgery and pathology, with a chair at the Royal Dental Hospital, in 1939.
During World War II he was consulting dental surgeon to the Army with the rank of Brigadier. His other professional honours included the presidency of the Odontological Section of the Royal Society of Medicine as well as the Metropolitan Branch of the British Dental Association. He was elected FRCS as a member of 20 years' standing, in 1945, and was amongst the foundation Fellows of the new Faculty of Dental Surgery at the College in 1947.
He died on 27th April 1948. His wife survived him with two sons, one of whom qualified LDS in 1940.
Scope and ContentThis collection is closed for 100 years after the last date in the last volume [i.e. until April 2019]
Extent1 box
LanguageEnglish
System of arrangementAs described in the Scope and Content
Conditions governing accessClosed for 100 years from 02/04/1919
Conditions governing reproductionNo photocopying permitted
Closed until2019
SubjectPatients, World war, Surgery, Documents, Medical procedures, War victims, Hospitals
