Thomas Edgar 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.

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

Life

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

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

  • Spontaneous Fractures (1886)

References

  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.


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