| LC control no. | n 85252109 |
|---|---|
| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Spilsbury, Bernard, Sir, 1877-1947 |
| Variant(s) | Spilsbury, Bernard Henry, Sir, 1877-1947 |
| Associated country | Great Britain |
| Located | London, England |
| Birth date | 18770516 |
| Death date | 19471217 |
| Place of birth | Leamington, England |
| Place of death | London, England |
| Field of activity | Forensic pathology Medical jurisprudence |
| Affiliation | St. Mary's Hospital (London, England) University College Hospital (London, England) London School of Medicine for Women St. Thomas's Hospital (London, England) Royal Society of Medicine (Great Britain) |
| Profession or occupation | Forensic pathologists |
| Found in | Dearden, H. Some cases of Sir Bernard Spilsbury and others, 1948. OCLC data base, 6-2-86 (hdg.: Spilsbury, Bernard Henry, Sir, 1879-1947) LC data base, 6-19-86 (hdg.: Spilsbury, Bernard Henry, Sir, 1877-1947; usage: Bernard Spilsbury) Who was who, 1941-1950, 1952: v. 4, p. 1087 (Spilsbury, Sir Bernard Henry; b. 1877; d. 12/17/47) Who's who, 1948: p. 2610 (Spilsbury, Sir Bernard Henry, b. 1877) Medical detectives, 2013: page 5 (Sir Bernard Spilsbury) page 19, etc. (in 1909 he became Pathologist at St. Mary's; in the wake of the Crippen trial, he became a Home Office pathologist; lived in London) Wikipedia, viewed July 24, 2013 (Bernard Spilsbury; b. May 16, 1877, in Leamington Spa; d. December 17, 1947, by suicide by gas in his laboratory at University College, London; British pathologist, whose cases included Hawley Harvey Crippen and George Joseph Smith; he also played a crucial role in the development of Operation Mincemeat during World War II; educated at Magdalen College, Oxford, he also studied at St Mary's Hospital, Paddington; he specialised in the new science of forensic pathology; in October 1905 he was appointed resident assistant pathologist at St. Mary's; he was a Home Office pathologist in England and Wales, but could appear for the defence in Scotland; he was knighted in 1923 and was a Home Office-approved pathologist and lecturer in forensic medicine at the University College Hospital, the London School of Medicine for Women and at St. Thomas' Hospital; he was also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine) |
| Associated language | eng |
 |  |  |
View this record in: MARCXML | LC Authorities & Vocabularies | VIAF (Virtual International Authority File)
