Frederick Newland-Pedley
Frederick Newland-Pedley (1855 – 1944) was a British physician and dentist known for his contribution to the fields of military dentistry and dental education.
Early life
[edit]Newland-Pedley was born in 1855.[1] He studied at Dulwich College and Guy's Hospital, becoming first a physician, a member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 1881 and a fellow of the same in 1885. In 1880 he received his L.D.S degree from the Royal Dental Hospital in Leicester Square.[1]
Career
[edit]At Guy's hospital he was appointed as a dental surgeon in 1887.[1][2] When the dentist he had been assisting became seriously ill, Newland-Pedley took up his responsibilities and also began the hospital's first dental department at his own expense.[1][2] In 1888 he proposed the idea of a dental school to the hospital's board; the school opened with twelve chairs the next year in 1889.[1][3][4]
From February to June 1900, Newland-Pedley volunteered in the British Army during the Boer War, becoming the army's first appointed field dentist.[5][6][7] He brought his own supplies and equipment, setting up in a tent to treat soldier's dental problems.[8][9] Returning from the war, he proposed to the British Army that a more permanent dental service be instituted.[10][11][12] This resulted in four dentists being sent on contract to the Boer war.[6][13]
During World War I, Newland-Pedley again served as a volunteer dental surgeon, this time at Rouen.[1]
Following the war, he practiced in London as a dentist, ultimately retiring to Italy.[citation needed]
He died at Lake Como, Italy, on 4 May 1944.[1] His headstone can be found along the northern wall of the Santa Maria Assunta church graveyard, located in Santa Maria Rezzonico, on the north west shore of Lake Como, Italy.[citation needed]
References
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- ^ a b Cartwright, F F (17 December 1966). "The Relationship of Medicine and Dentistry in the Nineteenth Century: Dental and Medical Education in the Nineteenth Century". Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine. 59 (12): 1237–1240. doi:10.1177/003591576605901204.
- ^ "History | Faculty of Dentistry, Oral & Craniofacial Sciences | King's College London". www.kcl.ac.uk.
- ^ "King's Collections : Archive Catalogues : GUY'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL SCHOOL: Records". kingscollections.org.
- ^ "Adler Museum Bulletin". 1991.
- ^ a b Kochhar, P. C. (2000). History of the Army Dental Corps and Military Dentistry. Lancer Publishers. ISBN 9788170622857.
- ^ Clarke, Nic (October 2015). Unwanted Warriors: Rejected Volunteers of the Canadian Expeditionary Force. UBC Press. ISBN 9780774828918.
- ^ Hussey, K. D. (2014). "British dental surgery and the First World War: the treatment of facial and jaw injuries from the battlefield to the home front". BDJ. 217 (10): 597–600. doi:10.1038/sj.bdj.2014.1001. PMID 25415020. S2CID 21448749 – via www.academia.edu.
- ^ https://bda.org/museum/Documents/What-the-Lindsay-Society-Does/For-web-Dental%20Historian%2062%20%282%29%20July%2017.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "New Zealand Dental Journal". 1938.
- ^ Manson, Julius David (2003). Wilfred Fish and a Profession in the Making. Esmeralda Press. ISBN 9780953610211.
- ^ "British Journal of Dental Science and Prosthetics". J. P. Segg & Company. 17 June 1915 – via Google Books.
- ^ Alderson, G. L. D. (1 January 2014). Cap-badges of the British Army. The History Press. ISBN 9780752490069 – via Google Books.