Sir Robert Hutchison, 1st Baronet

Sir Robert Hutchison, Bt
Born(1871-10-28)28 October 1871[1][2]
Kirkliston, Scotland[1]
Died20 April 1960(1960-04-20) (aged 88)[2]
Streatley, Berkshire, England[2]
Alma materUniversity of Edinburgh
Known forHis books Clinical Methods, Food and the Principles of Dietetics[3] and his petition "From inability to let well alone..."[4]
SpouseDr Laetitia Nora Ede
Scientific career
FieldsMedicine, Paediatrics
InstitutionsHospital for Sick Children, London, Royal London Hospital

Sir Robert Hutchison, 1st Baronet, FRCP[5] (28 October 1871 – 20 April 1960) was a Scottish physician and paediatrician, and the original editor of the medical books, Clinical Methods and Food and the Principles of Dietetics.

He was a consultant paediatrician at the Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street, London and general physician at the Royal London Hospital. He served as president of the Royal Society of Medicine and the Royal College of Physicians and was created 1st Baronet Hutchison, of Thurle, Parish of Streatley, Berkshire (UK) in 1939.[3][6][7][8][9][10]

  1. ^ a b Dunn, P. M. (November 2005). "Perinatal lessons from the past Sir Robert Hutchison (1871–1960) of London and the causes and treatment of rickets". Archives of Disease in Childhood. Fetal and Neonatal Edition. 90 (6). British Medical Journal: F537–F539. doi:10.1136/adc.2004.065458. PMC 1721981. PMID 16244217. S2CID 20249742.
  2. ^ a b c "Hutchison, Sir Robert, first baronet (1871–1960), physician and paediatrician". Oxford University Press.
  3. ^ a b "Sir Robert Hutchison (1871–1960)". HHARP: the Historic Hospital Admission Records Project (http://www.hharp.org), Kingston University.
  4. ^ Hutchison's Clinical Methods (22 ed.). Saunders Elsevier. p. vii.
  5. ^ "Sir Robert Hutchison". Royal College of Physicians of London, 11 St Andrews Place, Regent's Park, London NW1 4LE (Registered Charity No. 210508).
  6. ^ Alan Moncrieff, ‘Hutchison, Sir Robert, first baronet (1871–1960)’, rev. Elizabeth Baigent, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 5 June 2013 Sir Robert Hutchison (1871–1960): doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/34075
  7. ^ ‘HUTCHISON, Sir Robert’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012; online edn, Nov 2012 accessed 5 June 2013
  8. ^ Sir Robert Hutchison Diseases Of Children (Obituaries) The Times Saturday, 13 February 1960; pg. 8; Issue 54694; col E
  9. ^ Sir Robert Hutchison A Great Teacher (Obituaries) Dr. G. M. Wauchope. The Times Thursday, 18 February 1960; pg. 18; Issue 54698; col B
  10. ^ "A genealogical survey of the peerage of Britain as well as the royal families of Europe Person Page - 48257". www.thepeerage.com.