Birth name | Edward Beadon Turner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | September 1854 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Chigwell, Essex, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 30 June 1931, (age 76) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Paddington, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Uppingham School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
University | St George's Hospital | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notable relative(s) | George Robertson Turner, brother | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Edward Beadon Turner (September 1854 – 30 June 1931)[1] was an English medical doctor and medical administrator. Turner was a powerful orator and made himself available to multiple medical committees. A staunch advocate of private medicine he disliked the movement to the nationalisation of medical health.
A lifelong devotee of sport and athletics, he was a rugby union player of some note while a youth. He played club rugby for St. George's Hospital and gained his first of three international caps when he was selected for England in 1875.