William Henry McMenemey explained

William Henry McMenemey FRCP (16 May 1905 – 24 November 1977) was an English physician and president of the History of Medicine Society of the Royal Society of Medicine from 1962 to 1964.^[1]

Life and career

McMenemey was educated at Birkenhead School, and at Merton College, Oxford, from 1923 to 1926.^[2] He served as Secretary to the Association of Clinical Pathologists between 1943 and 1957, and as its President for the following two years. McMenemey was a Founding Member of the Neuropathological Club,^[3] which later became the British Neuropathological Society; he served as its President from 1958 to 1960.

McMenemey married Robina née Inkster in 1934; they had a son and a daughter.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Robb-Smith. AHT. William Henry McMenemey. munksroll.rcplondon.ac.uk. Royal College of Physicians. 20 June 2018.
2. Book: Levens. R.G.C.. Merton College Register 1900–1964. 1964. Basil Blackwell. Oxford. 161.
3. Web site: BNS Archives . British Neuropathological Society . 16 December 2020.