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. This became the Royal Free Hospital.
He also founded the Cancer Free Hospital, in 1851, later to become the Royal Marsden.
Born Sheffield. Died at the Star and Garter Hotel, Richmond, Surrey.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
William Marsden
Also known as the Kingsbury Hospital. In 1972 it was refurbished as the Kingsbury Community Hospital, a specialist resource for mentally handicapped people.
Alder President associated with St Bartholomew's Hospital in 1702. A director of the slave trading Royal African Company and a governor of the colonial Irish Society.
The St John Ambulance Association was set up in 1877 by the Order of Saint John to teach industrial workers first aid, so that they could provide on-the-spot treatment in emergencies. The St John ...
"Now gentlemen, I want to found a hospital for the treatment of cancer, and for the study of the disease, for at the present time we know absolutely nothing about it." - Dr William Marsden - 1851. ...
