Thomas Oliver (physician)

Thomas Oliver
Born(1853-03-02)March 2, 1853
St Quivox, Ayrshire
DiedMay 15, 1942(1942-05-15) (aged 89)
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
OccupationPhysician

Sir Thomas Oliver, FRSE (1853–1942) was a Scottish physician and expert on industrial hygiene, particularly in the mining industry and antimony workers.[1] He was President of the College of Medicine 1926 to 1934 and President of the Royal Institute of Public Health and Hygiene from 1937 to 1942.[2]

  1. ^ McCallum, R. I. (2003). "Sir Thomas Oliver (1853-1942) and the health of antimony workers". Vesalius. 9 (1): 13–9. PMID 15124655.
  2. ^ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: Thomas Oliver