Anthony Turner Andreasen
Anthony Turner Andreasen MRCS | |
|---|---|
| Born | 18 November 1906 |
| Died | 8 June 1986 (aged 79) |
| Education | Bedford Modern School |
| Alma mater | University of London |
Calcutta Medical College, Surgeon to the Viceroy of India, Fellow of Surgery at Johns Hopkins University, Government Surgeon in Ghana and Uganda, author,[1] and in his later years Professor of Surgery at the University of Cambridge.[2][3][4][5]
Biography
Anthony Turner Andreasen was born on 18 November 1906.[5] He was educated at Bedford Modern School and the University of London.[4][6][3]
Andreasen had a distinguished career in the Indian Medical Service holding chairs of surgery in Orissa and Calcutta and acting as surgeon to the Viceroy.[3][4] He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh on 1 March 1943.[3]
During
open heart surgery and became Fellow of Surgery at Johns Hopkins University.[4] His paper on low-flow physiology in the 1952 British Journal of Surgery greatly influenced the work of C. Walton Lillehei who was also at Johns Hopkins University.[9][10]
Andreasen returned to Britain in 1954 to conduct further research before taking up the post of government surgeon in Ghana and Uganda.[4] On his return to England in 1976 he took up a Professorship at the University of Cambridge.[4]
Andreasen and his wife Simone had a son,who died in infancy. Andreasen himself died on 8 June 1986.[11]
References
- OCLC 14532863.
- PMC 1245335.
- ^ a b c d "Former Fellows of The Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783 - 2002 Biographical Index Part One" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-19. Retrieved 2015-02-05.
- ^ a b c d e f Eagle News, The Magazine of Old Bedford Modernians, Number 54, January 1987
- ^ a b England & Wales, Death Index, 1916-2007
- ^ School of the Black and Red, by Andrew Underwood (1981)
- ^ "Year Book". google.co.uk. 1983. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
- ^ "Andreasen Centre for Holistic Health - Our History". andreasencentre.org.uk. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
- PMID 17670033.
- ^ "List of the Fellows, Members, Extra-licentiates and Licentiates of the Royal ... - London (England). Royal College of physicians - Google Books". google.co.uk. 1970. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
- ^ England & Wales Death Index, 1916-2007