Thomas Sanderson-Wells, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Thomas Sanderson-Wells

surgeon

Date of Birth: 12-Mar-1871

Date of Death: 01-Oct-1958

Profession: military personnel, surgeon

Nationality: South Africa

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Thomas Sanderson-Wells

  • Thomas Henry Sanderson-Wells (12 March 1871 – 1958) was a British surgeon.Born Thomas Henry Wells in 1871, Sanderson-Wells was educated at Bloxham School, before receiving his clinical training at Middlesex Hospital.
  • He qualified as a member of the Royal College of Surgeons and a member of the Royal College of Physicians in 1895.
  • He served as a civil surgeon with the South African Field Force in 1901 during the Second Boer War, before settling in Weymouth.
  • There he was appointed surgeon to the Princess Christian Hospital for Women and Children.
  • Sanderson-Wells proceeded to study for his Bachelor of Medicine degree in London.
  • During the First World War, Sanderson-Wells served as an officer in the Royal Army Medical Corps, also working in Gaza with the Red Cross.
  • He was elected into the Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1918.
  • He was awarded an MBE in 1920 in recognition for his services in connection with work at military hospitals in the United Kingdom during the war.Sanderon-Wells subsequently continued to work at Weymouth District Hospital until an old injury (his leg was badly burnt during experimental x-ray research early in his career) forced him to retire in 1925 from practising surgery.
  • He was made an honorary consulting surgeon at the hospital and went on to become its vice-president. Two prizes to his memory have been established at the University of London, both of which recognise Sanderson-Wells' work in nutrition.
  • He married Agnes Laurie in 1906 and she died in 1950.
  • He died without children in Wells, Somerset in 1958.He is buried at the churchyard at Church of St Matthew, Wookey.

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