| Authorised form of name | Hodgson; Joseph (1788 - 1869); Surgeon |
| Dates | 1788 - 1869 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Penrith, Cumberland, England |
| Date of birth | 1788 |
| Date of death | 07 February 1869 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Burial:
Highgate Cemetery, London |
| Activity | Memberships:
MRCS (1811); FRCS (1843)
Education:
King Edward VI's Grammar School
Career:
Birmingham General Hospital (1793-1823); St. Bartholomew's Hospital; Member of the Council of the Royal College of Surgeons (1849-1868); President of the Royal College of Surgeon (1864); President of the Medico-Chirurgical Society (1851).
Joseph Hodgson was the first provincial surgeon to become a Member of the Council of the Royal College of Surgeons, and he was the first surgeon from the provinces to be elected President. |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 14/04/1831 |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Plarr’s Lives of the Fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons |
| Code | NA2478 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1831/12 | Hodgson, Joseph: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| MM/19/68 | Letter from Joseph Hodgson to Edward Sabine | 19 October 1860 |
| IM/002161 | Hodgson, Joseph | nd |
| AP/34/8/1 | Unpublished manuscript, 'Researches on the distribution of the blood vessels in the lungs' by James Newton Heale | 2 April 1853 |
| AP/34/8 | Unpublished paper, 'Researches on the distribution of the blood vessels in the lungs' by James Newton Heale | 2 April 1853 |