Sir William Henry Allchin (1846–1912) was an English physician and lecturer on comparative anatomy, physiology, pathology and medicine.Munk's Roll Details for William Henry (Sir) Allchin, Royal College of Physicians He was knighted in 1907.
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. 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 and a contributor to Quain’s Dictionary of Medicine, Allbutt’s System of Medicine, and Keating's Cyclopaedia of the Diseases of Children.
On 19 August 1880, Allchin married Margaret, daughter of Alexander Holland of New York.
Honours 1891 — Bradshaw Lecturer 1901 — President of the Medical Society of London 1903 — Harveian Orator 1905 — Lumleian Lecturer 1907 — Knighthood 1910 — Physician-Extraordinary to King George V
References
External links Art UK – Your Paintings – Sir William Henry Allchin (1846–1912)