Inspiring Physicians

Welcome to Inspiring Physicians also known as Munk's Roll: Lives of the fellows, our series of obituaries or biographies of fellows of the Royal College of Physicians, starting from 1518 to the present day.

Indexes

Volume I (1518-1700)

Volume II (1701-1800)

Volume III (1801 - 1825)

Volume IV (1826 - 1925)

Volume V (1926 -1965)

Volume VI (1966-1975)

Volume VII (1976-1983)

Volume VIII (1984-1988)

Volume IX (1989-1993)

Volume X (1994-1997)

Volume XI (1998-2004)

Volume XII (2005 onwards)

Featured

Charles Montague Fletcher

b.5 June 1911 d.15 December 1995 CBE(1952) BA Cantab(1933) MA(1937) MRCS LRCP(1939) MB BS(1939) MB BChir(1940) MRCP(1941) MD(1945) FRCP(1947) FFPHM(1974)

Charles Fletcher was a leading epidemiologist, but was better known to the general public as one of the first 'TV...

Dorothy Christian Hare

b.14 September 1876 d.19 January 1967 CBE(1919) MB BS Lond(1905) MD(1908) DPH(1912) MRCP(1920) FRCP(1936)

Dorothy Christian Hare was born in Bath, Somerset, the daughter of Edward Hare who had been Deputy Inspector General of...

William Harvey

b.April 1578 d.3 June 1657 MD Padua(1602) FRCP(1607)

William Harvey, MD - This distinguished physician, the greatest physiologist the world has seen, and the brightest ornament of our...

Sarah Walters

b.14 October 1958 d.8 April 2018 OBE(2004) BSc Surrey(1980) MB BS Lond(1985) MRCP(1988) MFPHM(1992) FRCP(1999) FFPHM(1999)

Sarah Walters was a senior lecturer in public health and epidemiology at the University of Birmingham. She was born in...

Thomas Linacre

b.c.1460 d.20 October 1524 MD Padua MD Oxon FRCP(1518)

Thomas Linacre, M.D. - This distinguished scholar and physician, the founder [‘founder and’ crossed out] and first President of the...

William Munk

b.24 September 1816 d.20 December 1898 MD Leyden(1837) FRCP(1854)

William Munk was born at Battle, Sussex, the eldest son of William Munk, an ironmonger, and his wife Jane Kenward....

Christopher Merrett

b.1614 d.1695 AB Oxon(1634) MB(1636) MD(1642/3) FRCP(1651)

Christopher Merrett was born on the 16th February, 1614, at Winchcombe, co. Gloucester, and in 1631 was admitted a student...

John Caius

b.6 October 1510 d.29 July 1573 AB Cantab(1532-3) AM(1535) MD Padua(1541) FRCP(1547) MD Cantab(1558)

John Caius, M.D., was the son of Robert Caius of Norwich and Alice (Wodanell) his wife, and was born in...

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