Person Jones; Henry Bence (1813 - 1873); physician and chemist Jones Henry Bence physician and chemist 1813 - 1873 British Male Thorington Hall, Suffolk, England 31 December 1813 18131231 His house in Brook Street, Grosvenor Square, London, England 20 April 1873 18730420 Burial: Kensal Green Cemetery, North Kensington, London, England, United Kingdom

30 Lower Grosvenor Street, Grosvenor Square, London, England (1846)

Physician Medicine Pathology Education: Hingham, Norfolk; private school in Putney; Harrow School; Trinity College, Cambridge. BA (1836), MA (1840), MB (1845), and MD (1849) Career: Worked for an apothecary (1838); enrolled to study medicine at St George's Hospital (by 1846), studied chemistry at University College, London (1839); went to Giessen in Germany to work at chemistry with Liebig (1841); elected assistant physician to St George's Hospital (1845) and full physician (1846); discovered a protein in the urine of patients with multiple myeloma (1848); delivered a course of lectures entitled 'Animal chemistry in its application to stomach and renal diseases' (1849); resigned from St George's Hospital and expanded his private practice (1862); member of the royal commission on the cattle plague (1865); president of the chemical section at the British Association meetings in Nottingham (1866); became ill with fluid on the chest and a weak hear (1866–7). Memberships: Council of the College of Chemistry (1846) Licentiate Royal College of Physicians (1842) FRCP (1849) Parents: Lieutenant-Colonel William Jones (1776–1843), 5th dragoon guards, of Lisselane, co. Cork, Ireland, and Theberton Hall, Saxmundham, Suffolk, and Matilda (1791–1869), daughter of the Revd Bence Bence (1747–1824) of Thorington Hall, Suffolk, rector of Beccles. Siblings: William Bence Jones, prominent agriculturist, who married Caroline Dickinson (a daughter of William Dickinson, MP) Spouse: Lady Millicent Acheson (d. 1887), daughter of the second earl of Gosford (1842) Children: three sons and four daughters Discovered a protein in the urine of patients with multiple myeloma, related to the immunoglobulins, it was later called ‘Bence Jones protein’. As physician to many prominent Victorians, he assisted Florence Nightingale in her endeavour to improve standards of public and hospital hygiene, and Charles West in founding the Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children. Fellow 30/04/1846 33 George Owen Rees; John Ayrton Paris; Thomas Graham; Benjamin Collins Brodie; John Bostock; Francis Beaufort; George Fownes; William Bowman; Robert Bentley Todd; William Allen Miller; Hugh Falconer Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB Authority: Birth date from Boase, birth place from DNB References: N G Coley, 'Henry Bence-Jones, MD, FRS (1813-1873)' in NR 1973-4 vol 28 pp 31-56, plate Notes: DNB gives year of birth as 1814 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/action/doSearch?ContribRaw=Jones%2C+Henry+Bence RCN 46343 31 Dec 1813 - 20 Apr 1873 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 17/01/2024 as part of the Name Authority Project update. NA3283 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 02/04/2026 RS_NET\VirginiaM Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/10589473 3da6922a-cab9-47c8-8986-6267c1be790c