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Sir John Simon (10 October 1816 – 23 July 1904) was an English pathologist,
Simon's name features on the Frieze of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. Twenty-three names of public health and tropical medicine pioneers were chosen to feature on the School building in Keppel Street when it was constructed in 1926.
Sir John Simon
{{DEFAULTSORT:Simon, John 1816 births 1904 deaths Medical doctors from London Alumni of King's College London Chief Medical Officers for England English pathologists English surgeons Fellows of King's College London Fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons Fellows of the Royal Society Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath Local government officers in England
Sir John Simon (10 October 1816 – 23 July 1904) was an English pathologist, surgeon
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and public health officer. He was the first Chief Medical Officer
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for Her Majesty's Government from 1855–1876.
Biography
John Simon was born in London to Louis Michael Simon, a stockbroker, and Mathilde (née Nonnet). He was the sixth of Louis' fourteen children by two marriages. His medical career began in 1833 when he became an apprentice to surgeonJoseph Henry Green
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Life
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and he was educated at King's College King's College or The King's College refers to two higher education institutions in the United Kingdom:
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and St Thomas' Hospital
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in London. In 1838 he became a member
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of the Royal College of Surgeons. In 1845 he won the Astley Cooper Prize for an essay entitled "Physiological Essay on the Thymus Gland"; he was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) the same year.
In the mid-19th century, the government took measures to promote public health; the Public Health Act 1848 was passed and a General Board of Health
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was created. The same year, Simon was appointed the Medical Officer of Health for London for the City of London's commission of sewers; this was only the second health officer appointment in the country (William Henry Duncan
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Early life and career
Duncan was born on Seel Street, Liverpool on 27 J ...
had become Medical Officer for Health in Liverpool the previous year). He served in this position until 1855. The General Board of Health was reorganised in 1853, and Simon became the board's Chief Medical Officer in 1855. The General Board only lasted until 1858; on its dissolution, Simon's role as Chief Medical Officer transferred to the Privy Council
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.
From 1867 to 1869 he was President of the Pathological Society of London.
He married, in 1848, Jane O´Meara, daughter of Deputy Commissioner-General Matthew Delaval O´Meara. Lady Simon died aged 85 in London 19 August 1901.
Simon died on 23 July 1904 in London and was buried at Ladywell Cemetery
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in Lewisham.
Recognition
Simon's name features on the Frieze of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. Twenty-three names of public health and tropical medicine pioneers were chosen to feature on the School building in Keppel Street when it was constructed in 1926.
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*Sir John Simon
{{DEFAULTSORT:Simon, John 1816 births 1904 deaths Medical doctors from London Alumni of King's College London Chief Medical Officers for England English pathologists English surgeons Fellows of King's College London Fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons Fellows of the Royal Society Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath Local government officers in England