| Authorised form of name | Sherlock; Dame; Sheila Patricia Violet (1918 - 2001) |
| Dates | 1918 - 2001 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Dublin, Ireland |
| Date of birth | 31/03/1918 |
| Place of death | London |
| Date of death | 30/12/2001 |
| Research field | Hepatology |
| Activity | Education:
Folkestone County School for Girls; Edinburgh University (1936). MB BCh (1941); MD (1945)
Career:
Graduated as Eccles Scholar (top of class); Clinical Assistant to Sir James Learmonth; House Physician, Hammersmith Hospital and Postgraduate School, London (1942); studied the biochemistry of the liver and the effects of malnutrition on the liver; Rockefeller Travelling Fellow, Department of Physiological Chemistry, Yale (1947); Lecturer and Honorary Consultant Physician, Hammersmith Hospital (1948-1959); Professor of Medicine, Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine, London (1959-1983) (first woman to hold a chair in Medicine); editor of Gut, the journal of the British Society of Gastroenterology; Emeritus Professor of Medicine, Royal Free and University College Medical School, University College London
Honours:
DBE 1978
Memberships:
American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (founder member 1950); FRCP (1951, youngest woman elected and first woman Vice-President); British Society of Gastroenterology (President) |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 10/05/2001 |
| Age at election | 83 |
| Relationships | Married (1951) Geraint James, physician; two daughters |
| Source | AssocMaterial:
NCUACS 142/7/05. Papers deposited in the Royal Free Hospital Archives Centre, London.
Obituaries:
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 2003 vol 49 pp 475-494, plate, by Mark Pepys |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/7397065 |
| Code | NA6898 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/2001/33 | Sherlock, Dame Sheila Patricia Violet: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| IM/GA/AR/7233 | Sherlock, Dame Shiela Patricia Violet | nd |