William Henry Kelson FRCS

Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons

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 FZS

Zoological Society of London

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 (born London

London

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, 15 August 1862, died 24 January 1940) was an English

England

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 physician and writer, President of the Hunterian Society

Hunterian Society

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, Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons

Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons

Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons is a professional qualification to practise as a surgeon in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland...

 and of the Zoological Society of London

Zoological Society of London

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.

Early life

Kelson was educated at Gresham's School

Gresham's School

Gresham’s School is an independent coeducational boarding school in Holt in North Norfolk, England, a member of the HMC.The school was founded in 1555 by Sir John Gresham as a free grammar school for forty boys, following King Henry VIII's dissolution of the Augustinian priory at Beeston Regis...

, Holt

Holt, Norfolk

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, and from 1880 at the London Hospital (now the Royal London Hospital

Royal London Hospital

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, where he held the Letheby scholarship.

Career

After qualifying as a surgeon, Kelson held various hospital appointments. He was surgeon to the throat and ear department of the City Dispensary, became President of the Laryngological Section and Honorary Secretary to the Otological and Laryngological Sections of the Royal Society of Medicine

Royal Society of Medicine

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 and President of the Hunterian Society.

Publications

• Handbook of Diseases of Throat, Nose and Ear
• Essays on Laryngeal Diseases in Children
• Diseases of Upper Respiratory Tract in Relation to Life Assurance

Family

In 1921, Kelson married Hilda Frances, younger daughter of Arthur W. Lane, of Ealing

Ealing

Ealing is a suburban area of west London, England and the administrative centre of the London Borough of Ealing. It is located west of Charing Cross and around from the City of London. It is one of the major metropolitan centres identified in the London Plan. It was historically a rural village...

, but they had no children.