Cuthbert Dukes

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Cuthbert Esquire Dukes, MD , OBE , (* July 24, 1890 Bridgwater , Somerset ; † February 3, 1977 Wimbledon ) was an English doctor , pathologist and writer, after whom the Dukes classification for colorectal cancer was named.

Duke's education was at Caterham School in Caterham, Surrey , England , and he graduated from the University of Edinburgh with an MD in 1914. His specialty was pathology and his list of publications is long. He served in the Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC), which was subordinate to the Rifle Brigade during World War I. For his services during his service he received the OBE. After the war he became a lecturer in bacteriology at University College London. In 1922 he became the first pathologist on the team at St. Mark's Hospital, located in northwest London, which specializes in intestinal diseases. There he began his research on the pathology of colorectal cancer , on which he wrote several works, in particular the Dukes classification was created during this time.

A meticulous researcher who found personal satisfaction in the fact that his research could help many patients with colorectal cancer, Dukes, in accordance with his deep faith as a Quaker , refused all honors (except the good wishes of his former colleagues) and lived secluded in his home in Wimbledon until his death at the age of 86.

He was the younger brother of British playwright Ashley Dukes and MI6 agent Sir Paul Dukes .

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SURNAME Dukes, Cuthbert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dukes, Cuthbert Esquire (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British pathologist
DATE OF BIRTH July 24, 1890
PLACE OF BIRTH Bridgwater , Somerset , England
DATE OF DEATH 3rd February 1977
Place of death Wimbledon