John Marshall (surgeon)

John Marshall FRS FRCS (11 September 1818 – 1 January 1891) was an English surgeon and teacher of anatomy.

John Marshall
Portrait of John Marshall by Alphonse Legros
Born	11 September 1818 Ely, Cambridgeshire, England
Died	1 January 1891 (aged 72) Belle Vue House, Chelsea, London, England
Resting place	Ely public cemetery 52.4038°N 0.2732°E
Nationality	English
Alma mater	University College London
Occupation	Surgeon, teacher of anatomy
Known for	Galvanocautery Circular hospital wards Vein of Marshall Vestigial fold of Marshall
Title	MRCS (9 August 1844) LSA (1846) FCRS (7 December 1849) FRS (11 June 1857) Fullerian Professor of Physiology (1862–1865) President of the Royal Royal Medico-Chirurgical Society (1882–1883) President of the GMC (1887) Hon. M.Ch., RUI (1887) LL.D., Edin.
Spouse(s)	Ellen Rogers (1854–1891)
Children	Two sons, two daughters
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Early life and education

John Marshall was born in Ely, Cambridgeshire. He was the second son and third child of the solicitor William Marshall (1776–1842) and Ann Cropley (c.1793–1861), his second wife.

Career

Regarding Marshall's skills as a teacher and lecturer, the opinions of his former students appear to have diverged. One of them, Sir Edward Albert Sharpey-Schafer, described him as "a good surgeon of the old school"[1] and as "a good friend" for whom he had "great respect and liking" but also as an "uninspiring teacher" whose lectures were "desperately dull".[2] However, another former student, Sir John Tweedy, strongly disagreed with Schafer and described Marshall's lectures as "informative and thought-awakening" and Marshall himself as "a cultured, critical and scientific surgeon, ever ready to try new paths and explore avenues of fresh knowledge".[3]

References

1. Sharpey-Schafer EA (10 November 1923). "Victor Horsley Lecture: The Late Prof. John Marshall, F.R.S.". The Lancet. 202 (5228): 1058. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(00)55686-4.
2. Sharpey-Schafer EA (27 October 1923). "The First Victor Horsley Memorial Lecture on the Relations of Surgery and Physiology". The Lancet. 202 (5226): 915–922. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(01)07666-8.
3. Tweedy J (3 November 1923). "Victor Horsley Lecture: The Late Prof. John Marshall, F.R.S.". The Lancet. 202 (5227): 1007–1008. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(01)29080-1.

Further reading

• O'Connor WJ (1988). "Chapter 6: The only full-time physiologist – Sharpey at University College, London". Founders of British physiology: a biographical dictionary, 1820-1885. Manchester: Manchester University Press ND. pp. 88–89. ISBN 0-7190-2537-0.
• Boase F (1892). Modern English Biography: Containing Many Thousand Concise Memoirs of Persons who Have Died Since the Year 1850, with an Index of the most Interesting Matter. Truro: Netherton & Worth.
• Bynum WF (September 2004). "Marshall, John (1818–1891)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/18145. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)