Margaret Bromhall
Margaret Ann Bromhall (7 November 1890[1] – 5 January 1967)[2] was an English radiotherapist. She was appointed to North Middlesex Hospital and was the first radiotherapist to lead a radiotherapy department.[3]
Life
[edit]Born in Walsall, Staffordshire, Margaret Bromhall trained in medicine at Manchester University, qualifying M.B., Ch.B. in 1924, before working at the North of England Radium Institute in Newcastle upon Tyne.[3] She travelled to Perth, Australia, where she worked as a radiotherapist for several years, and gained a diploma in medical radiology and electrotherapy in 1932. In 1934 she was appointed to head the newly established radiotherapy department at North Middlesex Hospital. She remained there until 1954.[3]
She died in London in 1967. Papers relating to Margaret Bromhall are held at the University of Manchester Library.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ 1939 England and Wales Register
- ^ England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995
- ^ a b c Haines, Catharine M. C. (2001). "Bromhall, Margaret Ann". International Women in Science: A Biographical Dictionary to 1950. ABC-CLIO. p. 44. ISBN 978-1-57607-090-1.
- ^ Margaret Ann Bromhall 1890-1967
Further reading
[edit]- J. F. H., 'Margaret A. Bromhall, M.B., Ch.B., D.M.R.E.', British Medical Journal, 28 January 1967.
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