Charles Thackrah
Charles Turner Thackrah, MRCS Eng; (1795, in Leeds – 1833) was an English surgeon. He was a pioneer in the field of occupational medicine, and was a founder member of the Leeds School of Medicine. He died of tuberculosis in 1833, at the age of 38.[1]
A building was opened in his honour and given his name at the University of Leeds in around 2007.
He is not to be confused with Charles Thackray of the Thackray Medical Museum in Leeds.[2]
References
- http://www.leeds.ac.uk/medicine/history/thackrah.html Leeds Institute for Medical Education, Charles Thackrah biography, retrieved 28 April 2011.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 14 April 2011. Retrieved 30 March 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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