Victor Horsley

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:advocatesFor women's suffrage
public health reform
anti-vivisection
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_College_Hospital_Medical_School
gptkbp:award gptkb:Fellow_of_the_Royal_Society
gptkb:Royal_Medal
gptkbp:birthDate 1857-04-14
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Kensington,_London,_England
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Amarah_War_Cemetery,_Iraq
gptkbp:causeOfDeath heatstroke
gptkbp:contribution development of surgical techniques for brain tumors
research on the function of the thyroid, pituitary, and adrenal glands
advocacy for public health and anti-alcoholism
first successful removal of a spinal tumor
gptkbp:deathDate 1916-07-16
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Amarah,_Mesopotamia_(now_Iraq)
gptkbp:editor gptkb:Encyclopaedia_Britannica_(11th_edition,_neurology_section)
gptkbp:education gptkb:University_College_London
gptkbp:field gptkb:medicine
physiology
neurosurgery
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Sir_Victor_Alexander_Haden_Horsley
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Victor Horsley
gptkbp:knighted 1902
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Horsley–Clarke_apparatus
pioneering neurosurgery
research on epilepsy
work on thyroid surgery
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkb:Royal_College_of_Surgeons
gptkbp:militaryRank Lieutenant Colonel
gptkbp:militaryService gptkb:Royal_Army_Medical_Corps
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableStudent gptkb:Harvey_Cushing
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:neuroscientist
gptkb:scientist
physiologist
gptkbp:parent gptkb:Rosamund_Haden
gptkb:John_Horsley
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:Alcohol_and_the_Human_Body_(1902)
gptkb:Functions_of_the_Brain_(1886)
gptkbp:religion agnostic
gptkbp:residence gptkb:London
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Eldred_Bramwell
gptkbp:title Sir
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Horsley
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6