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Name |
Waugh, William E. |
Titles & Honours |
Dr. |
Role |
Medical |
Born |
1851 |
Died |
1936 |
Places of Residence |
London, Ontario Montreal, Quebec |
Relationships |
Dr. Alexander Anderson - Mentor |
Education |
Apprenticed to Dr. Alexander Anderson McGill University |
Occupation |
Medical Doctor Professor of General, Descriptive, and Surgical Anatomy, University of Western Ontario School of Medicine (1883) Registrar and Chair of Principles and Practice of Surgery (1886) Medical School Bursar and Emeritus Professor of Surgery (1913-1936) |
Finding Aids |
AFC 418 - Dr. William Ebenezer Waugh fonds - https://www.lib.uwo.ca/files/archives/archives_finding_aids/AFC-418---Waugh.pdf |
Notes |
Waugh served an apprenticeship with Dr. Alexander Anderson in London, then studied medicine at McGill University. He returned to London, taking over Anderson's practice. In 1883 he joined the Western Medical Faculty as Professor of General, Descriptive and Surgical Anatomy. He later became the Registrar and the Chair of Principles and Practice of Surgery in 1886, and the medical school bursar and Emeritus Professor of Surgery from 1913 to 1936. There are 2 objects in the Medical Artifact Collection that belonged to Waugh -- an anatomical model and a microscope. There is an address by Dr. Waugh in ARCC, dated 6 February 1932, describing his 60 years of medical practice in London. |