Sir John Francis Harpin Broadbent, 2nd Baronet, FRCP (16 October 1865 – 21 January 1946) was an English physician at St Mary's Hospital, London. He was the elder son of the neurologist

Sir William Henry Broadbent, 1st Baronet Sir William Henry Broadbent, 1st Baronet (23 January 1835 – 10 July 1907) was an English neurologist who was a leading British authority in the field of cardiology as well as neurology. He also performed research involving diseases such ...

and his wife Eliza ''née'' Harpin. John was educated at Rugby School and Hertford College, Oxford. He entered St. Mary's Hospital while his father was still an active staff member. He was dean of the Medical School from 1910 to 1920. In 1908 he was secretary of the Section of Medicine at the Sheffield Meeting of the British Medical Association. With his father William, John wrote ''Heart Disease and Aneurism of the Aorta'' in 1897, fourth edition in 1906. He contributed the

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and Heart articles for the

1911 Encyclopædia Britannica A notable ongoing event was the Comparison of the Amundsen and Scott Expeditions, race for the South Pole. Events January * January 1 – A decade after federation, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory ...

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1946 deaths Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians Physicians of St Mary's Hospital, London 20th-century English medical doctors Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom 1865 births People educated at Rugby School Alumni of Hertford College, Oxford {{England-med-bio-stub

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