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HULKE, JOHN WHITAKER (183o-1895) , British surgeon and geologist, was born on the 6th of November 183o, being the son of a well-known medical practitioner at Deal. He was educated partly at a boarding-school in this country, partly at the Moravian College at Neuwied (1843-1845), where he gained an intimate knowledge of German and an interest
Eifel
district
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home he became medical tutor at his old hospital
Middlesex hospital, and here much of his more important surgical work
special
physiology of the retina in man and the lower animals, particularly the reptiles. He subsequently devoted all his spare time to geology and especially to the fossile reptilia, describing many remains of Dinosaurs, to our knowledge of which as well as of other Saurians he largely contributed. In 1887 the Wollaston medal was awarded to him by the Geological Society of London. He was president of both the Geological and Pathological Societies in 1883, and president of the Royal College of Surgeons from 1893 until his death. He was a man with a wide range of know-ledge not only of science but of literature and art. He died in London on the 19th of February 1895.End of Article: HULKE, JOHN WHITAKER (183o-1895) If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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