W. Roger Williams

William Roger Williams (6 January 1854 – 30 May 1948) F.R.C.S. was an English pathologist, surgeon, cancer researcher and medical writer.

William Roger Williams
Born(1854-01-06)6 January 1854
Died30 May 1948(1948-05-30) (aged 94)
Walton, Somerset
OccupationPathologist, surgeon

Williams was educated at Bristol Medical School and University College London.[1] In 1876, he was exhibitioner and gold medallist in clinical medicine and surgery at Bristol Royal Infirmary.[1] He was house surgeon at Wigan Royal Infirmary, Western General Dispensary and St Peter's Hospital in London. He was clinical assistant at the Royal London Ophthalmic Hospital and surgical registrar at the Middlesex Hospital (1882–1889).[1]

He established medical practice in Preston, Lancashire and London. From 1908 he lived at Walton, Somerset for forty years. Williams was a cancer researcher and wrote several books and many scientific papers on the subject.[1] His book The Natural History of Cancer was positively reviewed in medical journals as a valuable reference work.[2][3][4][5]

Williams died on 30 May 1948, aged 94.[6]

Selected publications

References
  1. "Williams, William Roger (1854 - 1948)". The Royal College of Surgeons of England.
  2. "Reviewed Work: The Natural History Of Cancer, With Special Reference To Its Causation And Prevention by W. Roger Williams". The British Medical Journal. 2 (2485): 410. 1908.
  3. "The Natural History of Cancer". Indiana Medical Journal. 27 (2): 84. 1908.
  4. "The Natural History of Cancer". The New England Journal of Medicine. 159 (11): 349. 1908.
  5. E. F. B. (1909). "(1) The Natural History of Cancer, with Special Reference to its Causation and Prevention (2) Lectures on the Pathology of Cancer". Nature. 79 (2049): 391–392. doi:10.1038/079391a0. S2CID 4060699.
  6. "Medical News". The British Medical Journal. 1 (4562): 1164–1165. 1948. doi:10.1136/bmj.1.4562.1164. S2CID 4744350.
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