Sir Samuel Squire Sprigge (22 June 1860 – 17 June 1937) was an English physician, medical editor, and medical writer.

Biography

After education at Uppingham School from 1873 to 1878, he matriculated on 1 October 1878 at

Caius College, Cambridge Gonville and Caius College, often referred to simply as Caius ( ), is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, England. Founded in 1348, it is the fourth-oldest of the University of Cambridge's 31 colleges and one of th ...

, graduating there BA in 1882. After medical training at

St George's Hospital St George's Hospital is a large teaching hospital in Tooting, London. Founded in 1733, it is one of the UK's largest teaching hospitals and one of the largest hospitals in Europe. It is run by the St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundatio ...

he qualified MRCS in 1886 and graduated

MB BChir Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery ( la, Medicinae Baccalaureus, Baccalaureus Chirurgiae; abbreviated most commonly MBBS), is the primary medical degree awarded by medical schools in countries that follow the tradition of the United Kin ...

from the University of Cambridge in 1887. (At St George's Hospital he was surgical assistant to Timothy Holmes.) Sprigge was house surgeon to West London Hospital, house physician to the Brompton Hospital, and clinical assistant to the Children's Hospital, Great Ormond Street. He practised for sometime in

Mayfair Mayfair is an affluent area in the West End of London towards the eastern edge of Hyde Park, in the City of Westminster, between Oxford Street, Regent Street, Piccadilly and Park Lane. It is one of the most expensive districts in the world. ...

, London. In 1904 he graduated MA and MD from the University of Cambridge. In 1911 Sprigge was president of the Society of Authors. During the early part of WWI, Sprigge, with Dr. H. A. Des Voeux, organised and administered the Belgian Doctors' and Pharmacists' Relief Fund. For this charitable work, Sprigge was awarded the Médaille du Roi Albert in 1919. In 1921 he was knighted. He was elected FRCS in 1921 and FRCP in 1927. In 1928 in Boston he delivered the Hunterian lecture to the

American College of Surgeons The American College of Surgeons is an educational association of surgeons created in 1913.American College of Surgeons Online "What is the American College of Surgeons?"/ref> See also *American College of Physicians The American College o ...

. Squire Sprigge was a member of the United University Club and the

Savile Club The Savile Club is a traditional London gentlemen's club founded in 1868. Located in fashionable and historically significant Mayfair, its membership, past and present, include many prominent names. Changing premises Initially calling itself th ...

Selected publications

Articles

* * * * * * * * *

Books

* * * * *as editor: * * * * *as editor: *

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Squire Sprigge, Samuel 1860 births 1937 deaths 19th-century English medical doctors 20th-century English medical doctors People educated at Uppingham School Alumni of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians Fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons of England Knights Bachelor The Lancet editors