Edward Leicester Atkinson (1881–1929): Antarctic explorer, scientist and naval surgeon
Edward Leicester Atkinson qualified at St Thomas's Hospital in 1906 and joined the Navy in 1908. He was a doctor and parasitologist on Captain Scott's Terra Nova expedition to the Antarctic and had to take charge of the expedition when Scott died on his return from the South Pole. After th...
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crsagepubl:10.1177/0967772014526131 2023-05-15T14:05:39+02:00 Edward Leicester Atkinson (1881–1929): Antarctic explorer, scientist and naval surgeon Guly, Henry 2014 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0967772014526131 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0967772014526131 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full-xml/10.1177/0967772014526131 en eng SAGE Publications http://journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license Journal of Medical Biography volume 24, issue 1, page 110-115 ISSN 0967-7720 1758-1087 History and Philosophy of Science Medicine (miscellaneous) journal-article 2014 crsagepubl https://doi.org/10.1177/0967772014526131 2022-04-14T04:45:30Z Edward Leicester Atkinson qualified at St Thomas's Hospital in 1906 and joined the Navy in 1908. He was a doctor and parasitologist on Captain Scott's Terra Nova expedition to the Antarctic and had to take charge of the expedition when Scott died on his return from the South Pole. After the expedition he went to China and discovered the cause of schistosomiasis, returning at the start of the First World War in which he served with distinction, winning a DSO and Albert Medal but also being severely injured. After the war he served in various naval posts and became the youngest Surgeon Captain in the Navy before being retired on health grounds in 1928. He died at sea the following year. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic South pole South pole SAGE Publications (via Crossref) Antarctic Atkinson ENVELOPE(-85.483,-85.483,-78.650,-78.650) Leicester ENVELOPE(-116.403,-116.403,55.717,55.717) South Pole The Antarctic Journal of Medical Biography 24 1 110 115 |
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Edward Leicester Atkinson qualified at St Thomas's Hospital in 1906 and joined the Navy in 1908. He was a doctor and parasitologist on Captain Scott's Terra Nova expedition to the Antarctic and had to take charge of the expedition when Scott died on his return from the South Pole. After the expedition he went to China and discovered the cause of schistosomiasis, returning at the start of the First World War in which he served with distinction, winning a DSO and Albert Medal but also being severely injured. After the war he served in various naval posts and became the youngest Surgeon Captain in the Navy before being retired on health grounds in 1928. He died at sea the following year. |
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