Born Dublin shortly before her parents moved to London. 1929 the family moved to Kent. With difficulty (due to her gender) she managed to gain a place to study medicine at the University of Edinburgh, where she excelled. A professor of medicine, she because a world world authority on the liver. Died in London.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Dame Sheila Sherlock
Commemorated ati
Sheila Sherlock
Dame Sheila Sherlock, MD, FRS, 1918 - 2001, world authority on the liver, pro...
Other Subjects
Michael Joannes Baptista, Baron de Wenzel
Oculist to the court of Hungary.
Rahere
Founded St Bartholomew's Hospital and Priory in 1123, including the church of St Bartholomew the Great, following a vow made while sick on a pilgrimage to Rome. Prior to that he had been a courtier...
Matthew Bell
Psychotherapist who works locally and is interested in local history. He felt passionately that there should be a memorial where the denouement of the revolt took place and where Tyler fell. Up ...
William Marsden
Surgeon who founded two hospitals. 1828 established a small dispensary in Greville Street which was the first to provide free treatment even to people not sent by the benefactors of the institution...