Herbert J. Paterson

Herbert John Paterson CBE FRCS (1868 – 21 May 1940) was a British surgeon and gastroenterologist.

Born in Argyllshire, Scotland, he was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, graduating Doctor of Medicine (MD).[1] He later became senior surgeon at the National Temperance Hospital, honorary surgeon to the King Edward VII Hospital for Officers and Hunterian Professor of Surgery[2] at the Royal College of Surgeons of England.

During the First World War he was honorary surgeon-in-charge of the Queen Alexandra’s Hospital for Officers in Highgate, for which he was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in January 1920.[3] He was a champion of nurses and served as medical honorary secretary of the Royal British Nurses' Association.

Paterson married Tempé Faber, daughter of the politician George Henry Faber.

Footnotes

  1. ↑ "Paterson, Herbert John (PTR886HJ)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  2. ↑ "Paterson, Herbert John". Who's Who. 1916. p. 1726.
  3. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 31760. p. 1237. 27 January 1920.

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