Harold Balme Explained

Harold Balme
Birth Date:28 May 1878
Birth Place:Hackney, Middlesex, England
Death Place:London
Occupation:medical missionary
Spouse:Hilda E. Carr

Harold Balme (28 May 1878 in Hackney, Middlesex, England - 13 February 1953 in London) was a British medical missionary to China. He served as president of Cheeloo University from 1921 to 1927.

Biography

Balme studied medicine at King's College and King's College Hospital.[1] He went to Taiyuan in Shanxi as a medical missionary in 1906.[1] In 1913, he took a position as professor of surgery at Cheeloo University and superintendent of the University's hospital.[1] Later, he was appointed dean of the university's medical school and president of the University in 1921.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Obituary HAROLD BALME, OBE, MD, FRCS, British Medical Journal, Vol. 1, No. 4808, pg. 511-512, Feb. 28, 1953