Herbert Furnivall Waterhouse

Sir Herbert Furnivall Waterhouse was a surgeon and lecturer in anatomy.

Early life

Herbert Waterhouse, the fourth child of the Reverend Charles James Waterhouse, was born in London in 1864 and educated at Brighton College, East Sussex. He entered the University of Edinburgh as a medical student in 1882. In 1887 he graduated MB CM with distinction and in 1889 was awarded a gold medal for his MD thesis. While in Edinburgh, he served as a resident surgeon at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary and as president of the Royal Medical Society.

Career

During the First World War, he acted as principal surgeon in an Anglo-Russian hospital set up in Russia to help the army on the Eastern front. He received a knighthood in 1917 in recognition of his war services.

Personal life

In 1892 he married Edith Florence, who died in 1929, and was survived by two daughters.

Death

Waterhouse died at his home in London on 23 May 1931.