Robert James Lee Explained

Robert James Lee (9 November 1841, St James Parish, London[1] – 17 November 1924, West Drayton, Middlesex) was an English physician. He published papers on diseases of children[1] and on the "treatment of pulmonary phthisis by antiseptic vapours".

Biography

He had two younger brothers, James Irwin Lee (1843–1880) and John Francis Lee (1850–1905), both of whom graduated from the University of Cambridge. The father of the three brothers was the obstetrician Robert Lee, who held the chair of midwifery at St George's Hospital.[2]

After education at King's College School and Brighton College, Robert James Lee matriculated in May 1859 at Caius College, Cambridge.[1] During his undergraduate years he was both a runner and an oarsman. He read natural sciences and graduated with a B.A. in 1863. After studying medicine in London at St George's Hospital and at St Thomas Hospital and in Paris, he graduated with his M.B. degree in 1865.[3] In 1866 he qualified as M.R.C.P. In 1869 he graduated from the University of Cambridge with both M.A. and M.D.[1]

At the beginning of his career, he was appointed as a physician to Marylebone's Western General Dispensary[3] [4] and as a lecturer on forensic medicine and pathology at the Westminster Hospital. Later in his career he was appointed to St George's Hospital as an assistant obstetric physician, as well as a lecturer on obstetric medicine. He was also appointed to London's Hospital for Sick Children (later renamed Great Ormond Street Hospital) as an assistant physician with eventual promotion to full physician.[3]

In 1874 he delivered the Goulstonian Lectures[5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] and was elected a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians.

He spent the years from 1910 to 1924 in retirement in West Drayton. One of his two daughters was the actress Auriol Lee.[3]

Selected publications

Articles

Books

References

  1. Book: Biolgraphical History of Gonville and Caius College 1349-1897 . CUP Archive . 344.
  2. Book: Allibone, S.A. . A Critical Dictionary of English Literature and British and American Authors, Living and Deceased: From the Earliest Accounts to the Latter Half of the Nineteenth Century . Lippincott . A Critical Dictionary of English Literature and British and American Authors, Living and Deceased: From the Earliest Accounts to the Latter Half of the Nineteenth Century . v. 2 . 1896 . 988.
  3. Web site: Robert James Lee. Royal College of Physicians of London.
  4. Web site: Western General Dispensary, London. Hospital Records Database, The National Archives, UK.
  5. Lee . R. J. . The Goulstonian Lectures on Puerperal Fever. Lecture I . BMJ . 1 . 739 . 1875-02-27 . 0959-8138 . 10.1136/bmj.1.739.267 . 267–270. 20747778 . 2295552 .
  6. Lee . R. J. . The Goulstonian Lectures on Puerperal Fever. Lecture II . BMJ . 1 . 740 . 1875-03-06 . 0959-8138 . 10.1136/bmj.1.740.304 . 304–306. 20747789 . 2295497 .
  7. Lee . R. J. . The Goulstonian Lectures on Puerperal Fever. Lecture II.—(Concluded.) . BMJ . 1 . 741 . 1875-03-13 . 0959-8138 . 10.1136/bmj.1.741.337 . 337–339. 20747796 . 2295635 .
  8. Lee . R. J. . The Goulstonian Lectures on Puerperal Fever. Lecture III . BMJ . 1 . 742 . 1875-03-20 . 0959-8138 . 10.1136/bmj.1.742.371 . 371–373. 20747804 . 2295595 .
  9. Lee . R. J. . The Goulstonian Lectures on Puerperal Fever. Lecture III. (Continued.). BMJ . 1 . 743 . 1875-03-27 . 0959-8138 . 10.1136/bmj.1.743.408 . 408–409. 20747811 . 2295614 .
  10. Lee . R. J. . The Goulstonian Lectures on Puerperal Fever. Lecture III.—(Concluded.) . BMJ . 1 . 744 . 1875-04-03 . 0959-8138 . 10.1136/bmj.1.744.440 . 440–442. 20747818 . 2295653 .

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