Henry MacCormac, M.B, Ch.B, F.R.C.P.,

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, (1879-1950), was a notable dermatologist in Britain during the early twentieth century. MacCormac was a member of a distinguished medical family that included Henry MacCormac and

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. Henry MacCormac also served as a captain in the

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during the

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Early life and background

Henry MacCormac was born in 1879 in Belfast, Ireland to

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and Lucie MacCormac, née Purdon. Henry MacCormac was the named for his paternal grandfather, Dr Henry MacCormac, a notable physician in Belfast during the early to late nineteenth century.

Education

Henry MacCormac was educated at the

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and graduated MB.ChB. in 1903. He qualified as a member of the

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shortly thereafter.

Career

Henry MacCormac served as a dermatologist in the department of dermatology at

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. MacCormac, nicknamed 'Harry Mac', was very popular among his students and patients and he was highly respected by his professional colleagues and peers. In 1945, MacCormac delivered the Lumleian Lectures at the

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Service in the First World War

MacCormac served as a captain in the Royal Army Medical Corps during the First World War and he was stationed at

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. He was later promoted to

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in the R.A.M.C. during the war.

Family

In 1931, Henry MacCormac married Marion Broomhall, (1906-1998), and the couple had one son,

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, a well-known architect and

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. Marion Broomhall was the granddaughter of

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and the great-niece of

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, a notable missionary in

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. Broomhall was also the sister of

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, a missionary who served with the

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Later life

Henry MacCormac died in Marylebone, London on 12 December 1950 at the age of 71. He was survived by his wife, Marion MacCormac, and his son, Richard MacCormac, who founded

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and was later knighted in 2001.

References

Sources

*Fraser, Ian, ‘Father and son--a tale of two cities’, Ulster Medical Journal, 1968 Winter Vol. 37 No. 1), pp. 1–39 *Fraser, Sir Ian, ‘Sir Willam MacCormac and his times’, Thomas Vicary Lecture, Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (1983) Vol. 65, pp. 339–346 *Marshall, M.D., F.R.C.P. LOND., F.R.C.P.I., D.P.H., Robert, 'The Open Window', A Paper read to the British Tuberculosis Association at its Annual Meeting in Belfast, in June, 1948, pp. 188–199

External links

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British dermatologists Medical doctors from Belfast 20th-century Irish medical doctors 1950 deaths Alumni of the University of Edinburgh