James Holmes Hutchison

Prof James Holmes Hutchison FRCP FRCPE PRCSPG CBE FRSE (1912–1987) was a Scottish paediatrician and Samson Gemmell Professor of Child Heath at Glasgow University from 1961 to 1977. From 1977 onwards he was Professor of Child Health at the University of Hong Kong. Friends knew him as Jim Hutchison.

The book Hutchison's Paediatrics was named in his honour in 2012.

Life

He was born in Rangoon[1] on 16 April 1912 the son of Alexander Hutchison and his wife Catherine Holmes. His family came to Scotland in 1920. He attended the High School in Glasgow then studied Medicine at Glasgow University graduating MB ChB in 1934. He served his internship in the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Glasgow. He received his doctorate (MD) and the Bellahouston Medal in 1939. In the Second World War he served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Royal Army Medical Corps, serving in France, Algeria, Italy and Austria. He was awarded an OBE for his war efforts in 1945.[2]

He returned to the Royal Hospital for Sick children in Glasgow after the war, also accepting the Leonard Gow Lectureship in Medical Diseases of Childhood and Infancy. He specialised in tuberculosis in childhood. He also worked on thyroid diseases with Prof Ernie McGirr.[3]

He was President of the Royal Medico-Chirurgical Society 1958–59. In 1965 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were Thomas Symington, Paul Bacsich, Robert Campbell Garry, and George Lightbody Montgomery. He was President of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow 1966 to 1968. He was created a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1971.[4]

He was also President of the British Paediatric Association and of the Association of Physicians of Great Britain and Ireland. He was Chairman of the Scottish Health Services Council and of the Royal Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children.[1]

He died on 27 December 1987.

Family

He married Agnes T A Goodall (known as Ness) in 1940 shortly before his overseas posting in the war.

Publications

References

  1. 1 2 "Munks Roll Details for James Holmes Hutchison". munksroll.rcplondon.ac.uk. Retrieved 2016-11-18.
  2. ↑ "Recommendation for Award for Hutchison, James Holmes Rank: Temporary Lieutenant... | The National Archives". discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk. Retrieved 2016-11-18.
  3. ↑ "University of Glasgow :: Story :: Problem accessing page". universitystory.gla.ac.uk. Retrieved 2016-11-18.
  4. ↑ BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX OF FORMER FELLOWS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH 1783 – 2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0 902 198 84 X.
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