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In 1886, he was elected a Fellow of the [[Royal Society of Edinburgh]]. His proposers were [[William Turner (anatomist)|Sir William Turner]], [[James Cossar Ewart]], [[Robert Gray (ornithologist)|Robert Gray]] and [[Peter Guthrie Tait]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002|date=July 2006|publisher=The Royal Society of Edinburgh|isbn=0-902-198-84-X|url=https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp1.pdf}}</ref> |
In 1886, he was elected a Fellow of the [[Royal Society of Edinburgh]]. His proposers were [[William Turner (anatomist)|Sir William Turner]], [[James Cossar Ewart]], [[Robert Gray (ornithologist)|Robert Gray]] and [[Peter Guthrie Tait]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002|date=July 2006|publisher=The Royal Society of Edinburgh|isbn=0-902-198-84-X|url=https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp1.pdf}}</ref> |
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In 1893, he gave the [[Bradshaw Lecture]] to the [[Royal College of Physicians]]. In 1893 he was also elected a member of the [[Harveian Society of Edinburgh]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=Minute Books of the |
In 1893, he gave the [[Bradshaw Lecture]] to the [[Royal College of Physicians]]. In 1893 he was also elected a member of the [[Harveian Society of Edinburgh]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://wellcomecollection.org/works/ww4e59xv|title= A Record of the Edinburgh Harveian Society|last=Watson Wemyss|first=Herbert Lindesay|publisher=T&A Constable, Edinburgh|year=1933|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Minute Books of the Harveian Society|url=http://archives.rcpe.ac.uk/calmView/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=DEP%2fHAR%2f1%2f1%2f1&pos=17|location= Library of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh}}</ref> |
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He retired to [[Elie]] in [[Fife]] in 1912, being succeeded by Prof [[James Lorrain Smith]].<ref>Nature (magazine) vol 90, p.62</ref> He died in [[Juniper Green]] south of Edinburgh on 12 August 1919. |
He retired to [[Elie]] in [[Fife]] in 1912, being succeeded by Prof [[James Lorrain Smith]].<ref>Nature (magazine) vol 90, p.62</ref> He died in [[Juniper Green]] south of Edinburgh on 12 August 1919. |
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William Smith Greenfield FRSE FRCPE LLD (1846-1919) was a British anatomist. He was an expert on anthrax.
Life
He was born in Salisbury, Wiltshire on 9 January 1846. He studied Medicine at the University of London graduating MB BS in 1872. In 1878 he succeeded John Burdon-Sanderson as Professor of Pathology at the Brown Institute. In 1881 he went to Edinburgh to become Professor of Pathology and Clinical Medicine.
In 1884, he was living at 7 Heriot Row, a magnificent Georgian terraced townhouse in Edinburgh's Second New Town.[1]
In 1886, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were Sir William Turner, James Cossar Ewart, Robert Gray and Peter Guthrie Tait.[2]
In 1893, he gave the Bradshaw Lecture to the Royal College of Physicians. In 1893 he was also elected a member of the Harveian Society of Edinburgh.[3][4]
He retired to Elie in Fife in 1912, being succeeded by Prof James Lorrain Smith.[5] He died in Juniper Green south of Edinburgh on 12 August 1919.
Family
Deeply evangelical, one of his sons became a minister, and two of his daughters became Christian missionaries in India. Sons, Thomas Challen Greenfield BSc, A.M.Inst CE, M. Inst W.E., Water Engineer; Godwin Greenfield, a noted Neuropathologist founding the British Neuropathological Society.
Artistic Recognition
His sketch portrait of 1884, by William Brassey Hole, is held by the Scottish National Portrait Gallery.[6]
Publications
- Health Primers (1879)
- Pathology (1886)
- Cirrhosis of the Liver in Cats (1888)
References
- ^ Edinburgh and Leith Post Office Directory 1884-5
- ^ Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0-902-198-84-X.
- ^ Watson Wemyss, Herbert Lindesay (1933). A Record of the Edinburgh Harveian Society. T&A Constable, Edinburgh.
- ^ Minute Books of the Harveian Society. Library of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.
- ^ Nature (magazine) vol 90, p.62
- ^ "Artworks | Page 13 | National Galleries of Scotland".
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