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Charles McNeil (physician)
Charles McNeil FRCPE FRCP RSE (21 September 1881 – 27 April 1964) was a physician specialising in paediatrics, in particular neonatal paediatrics. He was a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of both London and Edinburgh, and was President of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh from 1940-1943. Life McNeil studied medicine at Edinburgh University, graduating M.B. in 1905. At the outset of World War I, he was commissioned as a Major in the Royal Army Medical Corps attached to the Scottish Branch of the British Red Cross Society, and from 1915-1918 was in command of the military hospital at Rouen. After World War I, McNeil returned to the Royal Hospital for Sick Children, and also conducted a lectureship in children's diseases at the University of Edinburgh. On his retirement, Professor McNeil was given the honorary degree of LL.D by the University. In 1932 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were James Watt, Sir Edward Albe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles McMeill
Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was "free man". The Old English descendant of this word was '' Ċearl'' or ''Ċeorl'', as the name of King Cearl of Mercia, that disappeared after the Norman conquest of England. The name was notably borne by Charlemagne (Charles the Great), and was at the time Latinized as ''Karolus'' (as in ''Vita Karoli Magni''), later also as '' Carolus''. Some Germanic languages, for example Dutch and German, have retained the word in two separate senses. In the particular case of Dutch, ''Karel'' refers to the given name, whereas the noun ''kerel'' means "a bloke, fellow, man". Etymology The name's etymology is a Common Germanic noun ''*karilaz'' meaning "free man", which survives in English as churl (< Old English ''ċeorl''), which developed its depr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |