Edward Price Furber CBE (1864 – 9 August 1940) was a British obstetrician and surgeon.
Furber was the son of Charles Furber. He was educated at Charterhouse School and trained as a doctor at St Bartholomew's Hospital in London. He became obstetric physician at Lady Howard de Walden’s Hospital for Officers' Wives and during the First World War worked at the McCaul Military Hospital and Mackinnon Military Hospital, for which services he was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in January 1920. [1] He later became honorary medical superintendent of St Luke's Hospital for Advanced Cases.
Furber married Olive Mann in 1890; they had one son and two daughters. His son, Stanhope, also became a surgeon. His brother was the cricketer Leonard Furber.
Colonel Arthur Espie Porritt, Baron Porritt, was a New Zealand physician, military surgeon, statesman and athlete. He won a bronze medal at the 1924 Summer Olympics in the 100 m sprint. He served as the 11th governor-general of New Zealand from 1967 to 1972.
Lieutenant Colonel Eric Marshall was a British Army doctor and Antarctic explorer with the Nimrod Expedition led by Ernest Shackleton in 1907–09, and was one of the party of four men who reached Furthest South at 88°23′S162°00′E on 9 January 1909.
St Thomas's Hospital Medical School in London was one of the oldest and most prestigious medical schools in the UK. The school was absorbed to form part of King's College London.
Sir Robert Armstrong-Jones, was a Welsh physician and psychiatrist.
Sir John Ramsay CBE FRACS was an Australian surgeon, known for his association with the Launceston General Hospital.
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Sir D'Arcy Power, was a British surgeon, medical historian, and contributor of some 200 articles on famous surgeons and other related figures to the Dictionary of National Biography.
Sir George Francis Blacker CBE FRCP FRCS was an Irish-born British obstetrician.
Sir Hugh Lett, 1st Baronet, was a British surgeon with a special interest in urology and headed the London Hospital's genito-urinary department for many years.
Sidney Maynard Smith CB KStJ FRCS was a British surgeon and freemason.
John Walter Carr was an English physician and surgeon.
Thomas David Lister CBE FRCS was a British physician, surgeon, paediatrician, and expert on tuberculosis and the medical aspects of life assurance.
Lawrie Hugh McGavin CBE FRCS was a British surgeon.
Herbert John Paterson CBE FRCS was a British surgeon and gastroenterologist.
Sir Thomas Rudolph Hampden Smith, 2nd Baronet, CBE, FRCS was a British surgeon.
Sir Alfred Pearce Gould was Dean of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of London from 1912–1916 and was Vice-Chancellor of the university from 1916–1917. He was also a Fellow and Member of Council of University College London.
Sir Holburt Jacob Waring, 1st Baronet, CBE, FRCS was a surgeon at St Bartholomew's Hospital, London and was vice-chancellor of the University of London from 1922 to 1924.
Florence Elizabeth, Lady Barrett, was a consultant surgeon at the Mothers' Hospital in Clapton and the Royal Free Hospital in London. She was a gynaecologist, obstetrician and eugenecist.
Sir John Herbert Parsons CBE FRS FRCS was a British ophthalmologist and ophthalmic surgeon.
Lieutenant-Colonel Ernest William White was a British psychiatrist.