Crawfurd, Raymond Henry Payne, Sir, 1865-1938

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Crawfurd, Raymond Henry Payne, Sir, 1865-1938

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1865-1938

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Sir Raymond Henry Payne Crawfurd was born on November 9, 1865, in East Grinstead, Sussex, England.

He was a British physician, educator, and writer. In 1888, he graduated from Oxford University with a degree in classics. Then he studied medicine at the King's College Hospital Medical School in London, graduating in 1894. The same year he founded the Musical Society at Oxford. He worked at the King's College Hospital, the Victoria Hospital for Children, the Royal Free Hospital, National Provident Institution, and the Life Association of Scotland. At the turn of the 19th century, he became Registrar to the Royal College of Physicians (RCP), a position he retained for thirteen years. Crawfurd delivered the Fitzpatrick Lectures (1911–1912) and, in 1919, was Harveian Orator. He also lectured on pathology and on Materia medica at the London School of Medicine for Women. In 1913, he became a major contributor at an International Conference on postgraduate medical education. Crawfurd was also a member of the Board of Examiners at the RCP, the chairman of the Medical Graduates’ College, and the Epsom College. In 1933, he was awarded a knighthood. He is the author of the books “The Last Days of Charles II” (1909), “The King's Evil” (1911) and “Plague and Pestilence in Literature and Art” (1914).

In 1898, he married Ethelberta Ormrod Bailey (1866–1950). He died on March 9, 1938, in London, England.

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