Victor Horsley

Sir Victor Horsley
Born	Victor Alexander Haden Horsley (1857-04-14)14 April 1857 Kensington, London, England
Died	16 July 1916(1916-07-16) (aged 59) Amarah, Iraq
Education	Cranbrook School, Kent University College London
Known for	Pioneering work in neuroscience
Medical career
Profession	Surgeon, physician
Institutions	University College Hospital Brown Institute National Hospital for Paralysis and Epilepsy
Sub-specialties	Neurosurgery
Research	Epilepsy myxedema cretinism trigeminal neuralgia
Awards	Knighthood Cameron Prize for Therapeutics of the University of Edinburgh (1893) Royal Medal (1894)

Sir Victor Alexander Haden Horsley FRS FRCS (14 April 1857 – 16 July 1916) was a British scientist and professor.^[1]

He was born in Kensington, London. Educated at Cranbrook School, Kent, he studied medicine at University College London and in Berlin, Germany (1881) and, in the same year, started his career as a house surgeon and registrar at the University College Hospital. From 1884 to 1890, Horsley was Professor-Superintendent of the Brown Institute.

In 1886, he was appointed as Assistant Professor of Surgery at the National Hospital for Paralysis and Epilepsy, and as a Professor of Pathology (1887–1896) and Professor of Clinical Surgery (1899–1902) at University College London. He was a supporter of women's suffrage and was an opponent of tobacco and alcohol.