Sir John Tweedy (21 May 1849 – 1924) was a surgeon and a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons. He was born at

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, the son of John Tweedy, a wholesale fruiterer.Father's obituary in ''Yorkshire Gazette'' - York, Yorkshire, England Saturday, September 1, 1888, page 6. Accessed at www.findmypast.co.uk (Other sources say he was the son of a solicitor.) He was educated at Stockton Collegiate School under Charles James Cooke and then at

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for a period of two years and 9 months where he received a good classical and mathematical education. He read classical Greek and Latin. He then went to University College, London and

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to study medicine. He qualified in 1872, and in 1873 became a Clinical Assistant at the Royal London Ophthalmic Hospital, Moorfields, beginning a long association with the institution. He was elected Assistant Surgeon in 1884 and later full Surgeon. In March 1872 he took LRCP and took an editorial post at The Lancet for a period of 12 years. In 1876 he was elected a Fellow of the

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In 1881 he also became Assistant Ophthalmic Surgeon at University College, London and Professor of Ophthalmic Medicine and Surgery in 1886. On his retirement he was elected Emeritus Professor of Ophthalmology at the College and Consulting Surgeon to the Hospital. In 1905 he gave the Hunterian oration at the Royal College of Surgeons and in his later years was one of the

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trustees. In 1905 he was awarded an honorary fellowship of the

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during the College's 400th anniversary celebrations. He married Mary Hilhouse, daughter of Richard Hilhouse and had a daughter and 2 sons, Roger and Wharton. * 1892 – Member of the council of the

* 1899 – Junior Vice-President * 1902 – Senior Vice-President * 1903 – President of the

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* 1903-5 – President of the Royal College of Surgeons * 1904 – Representative of the College of Surgeons on the Courts of Governors of the Universities of Sheffield and Liverpool * 1906 – Received knighthood and an

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from the

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* 1919– Published 2 essays 'The Medical Tradition' 1919 and 'The Surgical Traditio

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Tweedy, John Hubbard British surgeons Fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons of England 1849 births 1924 deaths