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The Edwin Stevens Lecture, also known as the Edwin Stevens Lecture for the Laity or Stevens Lecture, are a series of lectures founded and named for Arthur Edwin Stevens in 1970.[1][2] Stevens was a successful entrepreneur and member of the library section of the Royal Society of Medicine (RSM), London, where the lecture is held every year.[1] In 1967, a committee to discuss "lectures for the laity" was formed.[1] In 1970, at the request of the then president of the History of Medicine Society, Sir Terence Cawthorne, Stevens donated £2,000 a year for the first three years, as a trial.[1][2] The lectures became successful and Stevens donated a further £50,000 in 1973 and made the lecture series permanent.[1]
- ^ a b c d e Hunting, Penelope (2002). "9. From endocrinology to primary health care". The History of The Royal Society of Medicine. Royal Society of Medicine Press. pp. 395–396. ISBN 1-85315-497-0.
- ^ a b Previous Stevens Lecturers. Royal Society of Medicine archives: Royal Society of Medicine. 2019.