William Henry Allchin

Sir William Henry Allchin (1846–1912) was an English physician and lecturer on comparative anatomy, physiology, pathology and medicine.^[1] He was knighted in 1907.^[2]

Sir William Allchin FRCP FRSE
Born	(1846-10-16)16 October 1846 Paris
Died	8 February 1912(1912-02-08) (aged 65) East Malling, Kent
Nationality	British
Occupation	Physician

Biography

Born in Paris, William Allchin was the eldest son of a physician from Bayswater and entered University College, London to study medicine. He served as chief surgeon of the SS Great Eastern for 5 years when the ship was laying cable.^[3] He graduated from University College, London as M.B. in 1871. At Westminster Hospital he became an assistant physician in 1873 and a physician in 1877 and dean from 1878 to 1883 and again from 1890 to 1893; he retired from the hospital staff in 1905. Allchin was the editor of the Manual of Medicine^[4] and a contributor to Quain’s Dictionary of Medicine, Allbutt’s System of Medicine,^[1] and Keating's Cyclopaedia of the Diseases of Children.^[2]

On 19 August 1880, Allchin married Margaret, daughter of Alexander Holland of New York.^[3]

Honours

• 1891 — Bradshaw Lecturer^[2]
• 1901 — President of the Medical Society of London^[2]
• 1903 — Harveian Orator^[2]
• 1905 — Lumleian Lecturer^[2]
• 1907 — Knighthood^[5]
• 1910 — Physician-Extraordinary to King George V^[1]