Julian Taylor (surgeon)

Summary

Professor Julian Taylor, C.B.E., M.S., F.R.C.S., Hon.F.R.A.C.S. (26 January 1889 – 15 April 1961) was a specialist in neurological surgery, Senior Surgeon at University College Hospital, a former vice-president of the Royal College of Surgeons and later Professor of Surgery at the University of Khartoum.

Julian Taylor
Born26 January 1889
Died15 April 1961(1961-04-15) (aged 72)
EducationUniversity College School, London
University College Hospital, London
Years active1911 to 1961
RelativesSir Geoffrey Ingram Taylor OM
Medical career
ProfessionSurgeon
InstitutionsUniversity College Hospital, London
University of Khartoum, Sudan
Sub-specialtiesneurological surgery

Born in St. John's Wood, London, his father was the artist Edward Ingram Taylor and his mother, Margaret Boole, came from a family of mathematicians (his aunt was Alicia Boole Stott and his grandfather was George Boole). His brother was the physicist Sir Geoffrey Ingram Taylor OM. Educated at University College School and University College Hospital, he qualified in 1911, an immediate disciple of Wilfred Trotter, one of the pioneers in neurosurgery, graduated M.B., B.S., with honours in medicine in the following year and took the F.R.C.S. in 1914.

References edit

  • British Medical Journal obituary
  • Sudan Association of Surgeons

External links edit

  • Mycetoma Research Centre, Sudan
  • Memorial address by Mr. A. J. Gardham, F.R.C.S