Louis Charles Arthur Savatard
Dr Louis Charles Arthur Savatard Hon.M.Sc., L.S.A. (26 January 1874 – 18 January 1962) was a renowned dermatologist, working principally at the Manchester and Salford Hospital for Diseases of the Skin.[1][2] He was also a lecturer in dermatology at the University of Manchester.[1][2]
Life[edit]
Savatard was born at Leighton Buzzard on 26 January 1874, the son of the Rev. Louis Savatard.[1] He was educated at St John's School, Leatherhead,[3] and after a brief spell in the City at Lloyd's of London he entered Guy's Hospital as a medical student in 1894.[1][2]
Savatard then studied practical anatomy at Owens College, Manchester where he was a medallist.[1] His work at the Manchester and Salford Hospital for Diseases of the Skin began in 1901 and he continued there as Honorary Physician from 1907 until his death.[1]
Savatard's specialism was cancer of the skin.[2] He was made honorary consulting dermatologist to the Christie Cancer Hospital and the Holt Radium Institute.[2] In 1930 he gave evidence before the Home Office Departmental Committee in respect of skin cancers affecting workers in the cotton mills and tar industry.[2] In 1945 he was awarded an honorary MSc by the University of Manchester.[2]
Savatard married twice. He had one son and two daughters by his second marriage.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f Obituary in The Times, Dr. Louis Savatard, January 22, 1962, p.17
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Obituary: LOUIS SAVATARD, Hon.M.Sc., L.S.A". British Medical Journal. 1 (5274): 342. February 3, 1962. doi:10.1136/bmj.1.5274.342-a. PMC 1957456.
- ^ St. John's School, Leatherhead, School Register 1852-1964, p. 38