Frank Edward Tylecote

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(23 May 1879 – 7 October 1965) was a British

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, and one of the first physicians to draw attention to the connection between smoking and

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. Born in

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, Tylecote studied medicine at Manchester University, where he served as Professor of Medicine from 1929 to 1940, when he became Emeritus Professor. His publications included Diagnosis and Treatment in Diseases of the Lungs in 1927, and he was President of the National Smoke Abatement Society for two years. He was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1956, and served as a City Councillor as a Conservative from 1931, becoming a

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in 1934 and an Alderman in 1949. During part of this time he was Chairman of the city's Public Health Committee. His second wife was the Labour Party politician, activist and adult educationalist Dame Mabel Tylecote.

Publications (selected)

*1927: ''Diagnosis & Treatment in Diseases of the Lungs''. London: Humphrey Milford (with a contribution from George Fletcher, Assistant Tuberculosis Officer, Lancashire County Council)

References

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*Ollier, Bil
Frank Edward Tylecote CBE (1879 - 1965)
Citizen Scientist {{DEFAULTSORT:Tylecote, Frank Edward 1879 births 1965 deaths Academics of the Victoria University of Manchester Alumni of the Victoria University of Manchester Councillors in Manchester Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Conservative Party (UK) councillors 20th-century English medical doctors People from Cannock