Person Stokes; William (1804 - 1878) Stokes William 1804 - 1878 Male Dublin, Ireland Burial: St Finlan's, Howth (07 or 10 January 1878)

Carrig Breac, Howth, Ireland

Physician Education: Private education; MD (Edinburgh, 1825); LLD Career: As a student published a book on the use of the stethoscope; Physician, Meath Hospital (1826); worked with Robert James Graves (FRS 1850) to reform medical teaching in Dublin; had a large practice; discovered 'Cheyne-Stokes breathing' pattern and 'Stokes Adams Syndrome'; Regius Professor of Medicine, University of Dublin (1843); retired from practice; Physician in Ordinary to the Queen in Ireland; died two months after a paralytic stroke Memberships: LRCPI; MRIA; Imperial Society of Physicians of Vienna; Honorary Member, Royal Medical Societies of Berlin, Leipzig, and Sweden. Son of Whitley Stokes, Professor of Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin; married (1828) Mary Black Fellow 06/06/1861 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB; Irish Innovators Notes: TR and Boase give death date as 07 January 1878; DNB gives 10 January 1878 ©The Royal Society 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://pictures.royalsociety.org/image-rs-19664 1804 - 7 or 10 Jan 1878 NA6034 21/11/2001 Andyg Martind 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes 5fb410b9-b69a-42d5-83ab-81a5109ccbb7