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Stewart Duke-Elder

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in 1923 with an MB ChB. In 1925, he earned an MD from St Andrews for his dissertation on 'Reaction of the eye to changes in osmotic pressure of the blood'.
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In 1927, Duke-Elder earned a DSc from St Andrews for his thesis on "The nature of the intraocular fluids and the pressure equilibrium in the eye".
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in 1915 on scholarship, and graduated in 1919 with a BSc in Physiology and MA (Hons) in Natural Sciences. He graduated from the
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Duke-Elder had a long and successful marriage to his wife Phyllis, who had been his medical assistant. They had no children.
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In addition to his own writings, Duke-Elder served for many years as editor and chairman of the editorial committee of the
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Duke-Elder is best remembered as a talented and prolific writer and editor, producing seven volumes of
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for his contributions to surgical science. The corresponding Lister Oration, given at the
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Duke-Elder died at his home at St John's Wood in London on 27 March 1978.
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and he was instrumental in the formation and research direction of the
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Obituary from The American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery
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Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society
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Fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons of England
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GCVO
FRS
FRCP
FRCS
ophthalmologist
Tealing
Dundee
Free Church of Scotland
Campsie, Stirlingshire
Morgan Academy
University of St Andrews
University of St Andrews School of Medicine

Harley Street
Royal Society
British Journal of Ophthalmology
Institute of Ophthalmology
University College London
knighted
1933 King's Birthday Honours List
Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
1946 New Years Honours List
Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order
1958 New Years Honours List
King Edward VIII
George VI
Queen Elizabeth II
Lister Medal
Royal College of Surgeons of England

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