Geoffrey Barrow Dowling (9 August 1891-1 June1976), was a consultant dermatologist at St Thomas's Hospital and St John's Hospital for Diseases of the Skin, who encouraged the study of histopathology and demonstrated the beneficial effects of large doses of calciferol in the treatment of lupus vulgaris in 1945. In addition, he worked with Walter Freudenthal on dermatomyositis and scleroderma. He established The Dowling Club in the 1940s. [1] [2] [3]
Dermatology is the branch of medicine dealing with the skin. It is a speciality with both medical and surgical aspects. A dermatologist is a specialist doctor who manages diseases related to skin, hair, nails, and some cosmetic problems.
Barrow-in-Furness is a town in Cumbria, North-West England. Historically part of Lancashire, it was incorporated as a municipal borough in 1867 and merged with Dalton-in-Furness Urban District in 1974 to form the Borough of Barrow-in-Furness. At the tip of the Furness peninsula, close to the Lake District, it is bordered by Morecambe Bay, the Duddon Estuary and the Irish Sea. In 2011, Barrow's population was 57,000, making it the second largest urban area in Cumbria after Carlisle. Natives of Barrow, as well as the local dialect, are known as Barrovian.
Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, commonly known as Barts, is a medical and dental school in London, England. The school is part of Queen Mary University of London, a constituent college of the federal University of London, and a member of the United Hospitals. It was formed in 1995 by the merger of the London Hospital Medical College and St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College.
The Diocese of Truro is a Church of England diocese in the Province of Canterbury which covers Cornwall, the Isles of Scilly and a small part of Devon. The bishop's seat is at Truro Cathedral.
Geoffrey Wallis Steuart Barrow was a Scottish historian and academic.
Ian Ross Evatt is an English professional football manager and former player. He is the current manager of Bolton Wanderers.
Geoffrey de Clive was a medieval Bishop of Hereford.
Horatio George Adamson was a British dermatologist. He studied at St. Bartholomew's Hospital receiving his medical doctorate in 1888. He learned dermatology at the Middlesex Hospital in London from John James Pringle. Between 1909 and 1928, he lectured and practiced dermatology at St. Bartholomew's Hospital.
Hazelwood School is an independent preparatory school located in Limpsfield, Surrey.
Reg Parker was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s, coach of the 1970s, and was an administrator of the 1980s. He played at representative level for England and Lancashire, and at club level for Whitehouse Juniors ARLFC, Barrow, Wakefield Trinity, and Blackpool Borough, as a prop, or second-row, i.e. number 8 or 10, or, 11 or 12, during the era of contested scrums, coached at representative level for Great Britain, and was the chairman of the Rugby Football League (RFL) for the 1984–85 Rugby Football League season.
William Tilbury Fox, MD, FRCP was an English dermatologist.
Anna Maria Truter, Lady Barrow was a Cape Colony botanical artist. By the time she left the Cape in 1803, she had assembled the first known portfolio of Cape flower studies and landscapes. Her husband, Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet, became Second Secretary to the Admiralty in 1804, and authored An Account of Travels into the Interior of Southern Africa, in the Years 1797 and 1798.
George Crichton Wells FRCP was a dermatologist at St Thomas' Hospital and St John’s Hospital for Diseases of the Skin . He was the son of Sir Richard Wells, 1st Baronet, the brother of Sir Charles Wells, 2nd Baronet, and he gave his name to Wells' syndrome.
Peter Edward Darrell Sheldon Wilkinson was a leading figure in dermatology who was consultant at Aylesbury and High Wycombe, co-edited the first edition of Rook's 1968 Textbook of Dermatology and founded the International Foundation for Dermatology in 1987.
Matt Dowling is the representative for the 51st District of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. He is a member of the Republican Party.
Peter William Monckton Copeman FRCS was an English dermatologist known as "Dr Spot" by his colleagues. He was consultant physician at Westminster Hospital and consulting dermatologist at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital. He treated many celebrities and also helped modernise Qatar’s medical services. He authored over a hundred peer-reviewed articles and pioneered research on allergic vasculitis and malignant melanoma.
Robert Joseph Burns is a Northern Irish professional footballer who plays as a left back or midfielder for Glentoran, on loan from Barrow.
Arthur James Rook FRCP was a leading British dermatologist and the principal author of Rook's Textbook of Dermatology (1968), known as "Rook's", which reached its ninth edition in 2016.
Ian Wesley Whimster MRCPath was a reader of dermatology histopathology at St Thomas' Hospital, London. He gained international recognition for his study of comparative anatomy and experiments with reptiles, particularly observing their colour patterns in relation to their nerve supply. He was part of the medical student team that went into Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in 1945, after it was liberated by British troops. On return, he made numerous contributions to dermatology, including the definition of keratoacanthoma, the distinction between pemphigus and pemphigoid and descriptions of melanocytes and malignant melanoma. He died in a road traffic accident at the age of 55.
Walter Freudenthal was a German-Jewish dermatologist who gave the earliest clear histopathological description of keratoma senile in 1926 in Breslau. In 1933, he moved to London to escape the Nazi regime and worked as a dermatopathologist at University College Hospital (UCH) in London where he coined the term keratoacanthoma in the 1940s.