| Authorised form of name | Cushing; Harvey Williams (1869 - 1939) |
| Dates | 1869 - 1939 |
| Nationality | American |
| Place of birth | Cleveland, Ohio, USA |
| Date of birth | 08 April 1869 |
| Place of death | New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
| Date of death | 07/10/1939 |
| Research field | Neurosurgery |
| Neurophysiology |
| Activity | Honours:
CB 1918
|
| Membership category | Foreign Member |
| Date of election | 25/05/1933 |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DSB
Obituaries:
Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society 1939-1941 vol 3 pp 277-290, plate, by W B Cannon
References:
Claude Debru, 'On the Usefulness of the History of Science for Scientific Education' in NR 1997 vol 51 pp 291-307
Alexander G Bearn, 'Fading icon', review of Michael Bliss, 'William Osler: a life in medicine' in NR 2002 vol 56 pp 268-271 |
| Royal Society code | NA2232 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| EC/1933/19 | Cushing, Harvey Williams: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| IM/001026 | Cushing, Harvey Williams | nd |
| RR/62/54 | Referee's report by Patrick Playfair Laidlaw and Alan Sterling Parkes, on a paper 'Inhibition of action of pituitary hormones by animal sera' by K W Thompson and Harvey Williams Cushing | [October 1936] |
| RR/54/140 | Referee's report by Thomas Lewis, on a paper 'Experimental pituitary basophilism' by Kenneth W Thompson and Harvey Williams Cushing | February 1934 |
| RR/54/141 | Referee's report by Arthur Edwin Boycott, on a paper 'Experimental pituitary basophilism' by Kenneth W Thompson and Harvey Williams Cushing | 20 February 1934 |