Sir John Broadbent, 2nd Baronet
Sir John Francis Harpin Broadbent, 2nd Baronet, FRCP (16 October 1865 – 21 January 1946[1]) was an English physician at St Mary's Hospital, London.[1]
He was the elder son of the neurologist Sir William Henry Broadbent, 1st Baronet and his wife Eliza née Harpin.[1] John was educated at Rugby School and Hertford College, Oxford.[1] He entered St. Mary's Hospital while his father was still an active staff member.[2] He was dean of the Medical School from 1910 to 1920.[1] In 1908 he was secretary of the Section of Medicine at the Sheffield Meeting of the British Medical Association.[2]
With his father William, John wrote Heart Disease and Aneurism of the Aorta in 1897,[1] fourth edition in 1906.[2]
He contributed the Rheumatism and Heart articles for the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.
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[edit]- ^ a b c d e f "John Francis Harpin (Sir) Broadbent". Royal College of Physicians. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
- ^ a b c "British Medical Journal". Br Med J. 1 (4441): 258–259. 16 February 1946. doi:10.1136/bmj.1.4441.258. S2CID 220014333. (Br Med J 1946;1:258). Retrieved 16 January 2020.
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