Edmund Owen

Background

He was the third son of a practicing doctor of Finchingfield, Essex and educated in nearby Bishops Stortford.

Education

He also studied medicine in Paris and was made Chevalier de la Légion d"honneur.

Career

After studying medicine at Street Mary"s Hospital, London, Owen was appointed Resident Medical Officer and Demonstrator of Anatomy at Street Mary"s in 1868 and Lecturer of Anatomy in 1876. He was made Member Royal College of Surgeons in 1868 and Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons. in 1876. Foreign many years he was a surgeon at both Street Mary"s Hospital and the Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street.

He was elected President of the Harveian Society in 1887 and President of the Medical Society of London in 1898.

Upon his own death in 1915 he was survived by four daughters. 1887 — President of the Harveian Society.

Achievements

• 1887 — President of the Harveian Society 1898 — President of the Medical Society of London 1903 — Cross of the Legion of Honor 1906 — Bradshaw Lecture to Royal College of Surgeons 1911 — Hunterian Oration to Royal College of Surgeons.