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Thomas Edgar Underhill

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Thomas Edgar Underhill
Underhill in 1902
Born1854 (1854)
Died8 May 1917(1917-05-08) (aged 62–63)
NationalityEnglish
Alma materUniversity of Edinburgh (MB ChB)
Occupation(s)Physician, surgeon
SpouseMary Isabel Charlton
ChildrenAt least 14
RelativesCharles Edward Underhill

Thomas Edgar Underhill FRSE FRCSE (1854 – 8 May 1917) was a 19th/20th century English physician and surgeon. He was an expert on Gorham's disease and spontaneous fractures.

Life

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He was born in Tipton in Staffordshire, the youngest son of Emily Margaretta Roe and her husband, Dr William Lees Underhill (1814-1894).[1]

He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh graduating with an MB ChB in 1876. He then joined his father as a general practitioner in Tipton before spending 27 years at Barnt Green near Bromsgrove.[2] He lived at "Dunedin" in Barnt Green, named in homage to his alma mater.

He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1889. His proposers were James Matthews Duncan, Sir John Macdonald, Lord Kingsburgh, Peter Guthrie Tait and Sir German Sims Woodhead.[3]

He was President of the Birmingham Medical Mission and President of the Birmingham branch of the British Medical Association and of the Midland Medical Society.

Underhill died on 8 May 1917.

Family

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He was married to Mary Isabel Charlton (b.1857) and together they had at least 14 children.[4]

He was brother to Charles Edward Underhill.

Publications

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  • Spontaneous Fractures (1886)

References

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  1. ^ "Dr. William Lees Underhill (1814-1894) • FamilySearch". FamilySearch. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
  2. ^ BMJ obituary June 1917
  3. ^ Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0-902-198-84-X.
  4. ^ "Thomas Edgar Underhill (1855-1917) • FamilySearch". FamilySearch. Retrieved 7 July 2019.