Person Bradford; Sir; John Rose (1863 - 1935); physician and physiologist Bradford John Rose Sir physician and physiologist 1863 - 1935 British Male London, England 07 May 1863 18630507 8 Manchester Square, London 07/04/1935 19350407

52 Upper Berkeley Street, London W (1893)

physician and physiologist Physiology Medicine Education: University College School, London; University College MD (1881); DSc Medals/Awards: Career: Served as house physician in University College Hospital (1886); Assistant Physician, University College Hospital (1889); Assistant Physician at the National Hospital for Diseases of the Nervous System, Queen Square (1893-1896); superintendent of the Brown Animal Institution (1895-1903); appointed Professorship of Material Medica at University College (1895); promoted to full Physician at University College Hospital (1897); delivered the Croonian Lecture (1904) and the Lumleian Lectures (1920); served in France in the First World War for five years as Consulting Physician to the British Expeditionary Force with the rank of Major-General; gained knowledge of tropical diseases whilst Physician to the Seamen's Hospital, which led to him becoming the Senior Medical Advisor to the Colonial Office (1912-1924); unsuccessfully stood as candidate for the University of London parliamentary seat (1924); delivered the Harveian Oration at the Royal College of Physicians and served as the President of the College (1926-1930). Memberships: FRCP (1897) Honours: KCMG (1911) CB (1915) CBE (1919) Parents: Abraham Rose Bradford, naval surgeon, and Ellen, daughter of Nicholas Littleton. Spouse: Mary, daughter of Thomas Ffoulkes Roberts, of Llanidloes, Montgomeryshire, sometime mayor of Manchester, and niece of the physician Sir William Roberts (1899). His chief interest was electrical phenomena with secretion, innervation of various blood vessels, and renal function. Later turning his attention to kidney disease, a field in which he became an authority. Royal Society roles: For Sec 1907-1908; Sec 1908-1915; member of the Tropical Diseases Committee (1907); Secretary in the biological section (1908-1915) Fellow 07/06/1894 31 Walter Holbrook Gaskell; John Newport Langley; Edward Albert Schafer; Sydney Ringer; James Paget; Willaim Roberts; Philip Henry Pye-Smith; Edward Emanuel Klein; Edward Bagnall Poulton; Henry Charlton Bastian Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB Obituaries: Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society 1932-1935 vol l pp 527-535, plate, by T R Elliott International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbm.1935.0016 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/action/doSearch?ContribAuthorRaw=Bradford%2C+John+Rose 7 May 1863 - 7 Apr 1935 The past Fellows entries are under continuous revision. If you have queries or additional information to contribute, please contact Library@royalsociety.org. Content in external sources is not controlled by the Royal Society and historical sources may include content that is now unacceptable. Reviewed on 07/02/2024 as part of the Name Authority Project update. NA1395 21/11/2001 Andyg pmab 08/09/2025 RS_NET\VirginiaM Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/85928675 515751ac-4b7f-4418-88ad-a3c358f8b981