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'''Sir William Melville Arnott''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|MC|TD|FRCPE|FRCP|FRSE|FRCPath}} (14 January 1909 – 17 September 1999) was a [[Scottish people|Scottish]] academic. |
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Born in Edinburgh, the son of a Scottish minister, Rev Henry Arnott, he graduated from the [[University of Edinburgh]] in 1931 and was awarded his MD on renal hypertension in 1937.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Arnott|first=William Melville|date=1937|title=Experimental pathology of renal hypertension|language=en|hdl=1842/26148}}</ref> |
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He served in the [[Royal Army Medical Corps]] during the [[Second World War]] and after serving in Singapore and [[Siege of Tobruk|Tobruk]], was one of the first medical officers to enter [[Bergen-Belsen concentration camp]] at the [[End of World War II in Europe|end of the war]] [[European Theatre of World War II|in Europe]].<ref name=Independent/> He was awarded the [[Military Cross]] in the king's [[1940 Birthday Honours]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=34893 |date=11 July 1940 |page=4262 |supp=y}}</ref> |
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| ⚫ | He was appointed William Withering Chair in Medicine at the [[University of Birmingham]] in 1946.<ref name=Independent>{{cite news|first=Owen|last=Wade|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-sir-melville-arnott-1122639.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220512/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-sir-melville-arnott-1122639.html |archive-date=12 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Obituary: Sir Melville Arnott|work=The Independent|date=27 September 1999|access-date=28 May 2007}}</ref> He played a major role on the General Medical Council and in the [[Nuffield Foundation]]'s Planning Committee (1957–59) that established a new medical school at the then [[University of Rhodesia]], now the [[University of Zimbabwe]].<ref name=Independent/> |
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In 1937 Arnott was elected a member of the [[Harveian Society of Edinburgh]] and served as President in 1955.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Minute Books of the Harveian Society|url=http://archives.rcpe.ac.uk/calmView/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=DEP%2fHAR%2f1%2f1%2f1&pos=17|location= Library of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh}}</ref> |
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Arnott delivered the 1963 [[Croonian Lecture]] at the [[Royal College of Physicians]] on ''The Lungs in Mitral Stenosis''<ref>{{cite journal |last=Arnott |first=W. Melville |year=1963 |doi=10.1136/bmj.2.5360.765 |pmc=1872812 |pmid=14065065 |title=The Lungs in Mitral Stenosis |journal=BMJ |volume=2 |issue=5360 |pages=765–770}}</ref> and was knighted in the [[1971 New Year Honours]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=45262 |date=31 December 1970 |page=1 }}</ref> |
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In 1971 retired from the Chair of Medicine at Birmingham and became head of the Department of Cardiology that the [[British Heart Foundation]] had created in Birmingham, holding that post until he finally retired from academic life in 1974.<ref name=Independent/> |
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He died in Birmingham in 1999. He had married Dorothy Hill in 1938 and had one son. |
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Revision as of 04:35, 7 August 2024
Sir William Melville Arnott MC TD FRCPE FRCP FRSE FRCPath (14 January 1909 – 17 September 1999) was a Scottish academic.
Born in Edinburgh, the son of a Scottish minister, Rev Henry Arnott, he graduated from the University of Edinburgh in 1931 and was awarded his MD on renal hypertension in 1937.[1]
He served in the Royal Army Medical Corps during the Second World War and after serving in Singapore and Tobruk, was one of the first medical officers to enter Bergen-Belsen concentration camp at the end of the war in Europe.[2] He was awarded the Military Cross in the king's 1940 Birthday Honours.[3]
He was appointed William Withering Chair in Medicine at the University of Birmingham in 1946.[2] He played a major role on the General Medical Council and in the Nuffield Foundation's Planning Committee (1957–59) that established a new medical school at the then University of Rhodesia, now the University of Zimbabwe.[2]
In 1937 Arnott was elected a member of the Harveian Society of Edinburgh and served as President in 1955.[4]
Arnott delivered the 1963 Croonian Lecture at the Royal College of Physicians on The Lungs in Mitral Stenosis[5] and was knighted in the 1971 New Year Honours.[6]
In 1971 retired from the Chair of Medicine at Birmingham and became head of the Department of Cardiology that the British Heart Foundation had created in Birmingham, holding that post until he finally retired from academic life in 1974.[2]
He died in Birmingham in 1999. He had married Dorothy Hill in 1938 and had one son.
References
- ^ Arnott, William Melville (1937). "Experimental pathology of renal hypertension". hdl:1842/26148.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ a b c d Wade, Owen (27 September 1999). "Obituary: Sir Melville Arnott". The Independent. Archived from the original on 12 May 2022. Retrieved 28 May 2007.
- ^ "No. 34893". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 July 1940. p. 4262.
- ^ Minute Books of the Harveian Society. Library of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.
- ^ Arnott, W. Melville (1963). "The Lungs in Mitral Stenosis". BMJ. 2 (5360): 765–770. doi:10.1136/bmj.2.5360.765. PMC 1872812. PMID 14065065.
- ^ "No. 45262". The London Gazette. 31 December 1970. p. 1.
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