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{{blockquote|Sprigge's connexion with ''The Lancet'' began in 1903, and after a short period of probation he was appointed sub-editor of the journal. Dr Thomas Wakley, junior, the grandson of the founder of the paper, died in 1909, and Sprigge then became editor, a position he held with distinction until his death in 1937.<ref name=Plarr/>}} |
{{blockquote|Sprigge's connexion with ''The Lancet'' began in 1903, and after a short period of probation he was appointed sub-editor of the journal. Dr Thomas Wakley, junior, the grandson of the founder of the paper, died in 1909, and Sprigge then became editor, a position he held with distinction until his death in 1937.<ref name=Plarr/>}} |
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In Sprigge was knighted. He was elected FRCS in 1921 and FRCP in 1927. In 1928 in Boston he delivered the Hunterian lecture to the [[American College of Surgeons]].<ref name=Munk/> |
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{{blockquote|He married twice: (1) in 1895 Beatrice, daughter of [[Charles Moss (judge)|Sir Charles Moss]], Chief Justice of Ontario; she died in 1903 leaving him with two children: Cecil Sprigge, financial editor of the [[Manchester Guardian]], and Mrs Mark Napier ([[Elizabeth Sprigge]], the novelist); (2) in 1905 Ethel Courselles, daughter of Major Charles Jones; she survived him with a daughter.<ref name=Plarr/>}} |
{{blockquote|He married twice: (1) in 1895 Beatrice, daughter of [[Charles Moss (judge)|Sir Charles Moss]], Chief Justice of Ontario; she died in 1903 leaving him with two children: Cecil Sprigge, financial editor of the [[Manchester Guardian]], and Mrs Mark Napier ([[Elizabeth Sprigge]], the novelist); (2) in 1905 Ethel Courselles, daughter of Major Charles Jones; she survived him with a daughter.<ref name=Plarr/>}} |
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S. Squire Sprigge was a member of the [[United University Club]] and the [[Savile Club]].<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Who's Who|title=Sprigge, S. Squire|year=1916|page=2085|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b3453981;view=1up;seq=2125}}</ref> |
S. Squire Sprigge was a member of the [[United University Club]] and the [[Savile Club]].<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Who's Who|title=Sprigge, S. Squire|year=1916|page=2085|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b3453981;view=1up;seq=2125}}</ref> |
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{{blockquote|At the Savile Club he associated particularly with [[Edmund Gosse]] and [[William Hunt (priest)|William Hunt]], the historian, and was on dining terms with the leaders of the "æsthetic" literary movement. He treasured also the friendship of [[Anthony Hope Hawkins]] and [[Rudyard Kipling]], and, a few years later, that of [[Max Beerbohm]], [[William Rothenstein]], and ... [[Robbie Ross|Robert Ross]].<ref>{{cite journal|journal=Can Med Assoc J|date=August 1937|volume=37|issue=2|page=181|pmc=1562179|title=The Late Sir Samuel Squire Sprigge}} [[William Warren Baldwin]] was [[Robert Baldwin]]'s father. Sir Charles Moss was married to Emily Baldwin Sullivan, whose father's mother was a sister of William Warren Baldwin. Robert Baldwin Ross's mother was the eldest daughter of Robert Baldwin.</ref>}} |
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Sir Samuel Squire Sprigge | |
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| Born | 22 June 1860 |
| Died | 17 June 1937 (aged 76) London[1] |
| Cause of death | pulmonary embolism[2] |
| Nationality | United Kingdom |
| Occupation(s) | Physician and medical editor |
| Known for | editorship of The Lancet from 1909 to 1937[2] |
Sir Samuel Squire Sprigge FRCS FRCP (1860–1937) was a English physician, medical editor, and medical writer.[3]
Biography
After education at Uppingham School from 1873 to 1878, he matriculated on 1 October 1878 at Caius College, Cambridge, graduating there BA in 1882. After medical training at St George's Hospital he qualified MRCS in 1886[2] and graduated MB BChir from the University of Cambridge in 1887.[3]
Sprigge was house surgeon to West London Hospital, house physician to the Brompton Hospital, and clinical assistant to the Children's Hospital, Great Ormond Street. He practised for sometime in Mayfair, London. In 1904 he graduated MA and MD from the University of Cambridge.[1]
Sprigge's connexion with The Lancet began in 1903, and after a short period of probation he was appointed sub-editor of the journal. Dr Thomas Wakley, junior, the grandson of the founder of the paper, died in 1909, and Sprigge then became editor, a position he held with distinction until his death in 1937.[2]
In 1911 Sprigge was president of the Society of Authors.[2] In 1921 he was knighted. He was elected FRCS in 1921 and FRCP in 1927. In 1928 in Boston he delivered the Hunterian lecture to the American College of Surgeons.[3]
He married twice: (1) in 1895 Beatrice, daughter of Sir Charles Moss, Chief Justice of Ontario; she died in 1903 leaving him with two children: Cecil Sprigge, financial editor of the Manchester Guardian, and Mrs Mark Napier (Elizabeth Sprigge, the novelist); (2) in 1905 Ethel Courselles, daughter of Major Charles Jones; she survived him with a daughter.[2]
S. Squire Sprigge was a member of the United University Club and the Savile Club.[4]
At the Savile Club he associated particularly with Edmund Gosse and William Hunt, the historian, and was on dining terms with the leaders of the "æsthetic" literary movement. He treasured also the friendship of Anthony Hope Hawkins and Rudyard Kipling, and, a few years later, that of Max Beerbohm, William Rothenstein, and ... Robert Ross.[5]
Selected publications
Articles
- "Art and Medicine". The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs. 28 (154): 155–158. January 1916.
- "The Outlook of Medical Practice". Medical Record. 96 (15): 622–624. 11 October 1919.
Books
- Methods of publishing: the cost of production. London. 1890.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) 2nd edition. 1892. - The life and times of Thomas Wakley. London. 1897.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) re-issue. 1899. - Odd issues. London. 1899.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - as editor: Autobiography of Sir Walter Besant. London. 1902.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - An industrious chevalier. London. 1902.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) 2nd edition. 1931. - Medicine and the public. London. 1905.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Some considerations of medical education. London. 1910.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Physic and fiction. London. 1921.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - as editor: The conduct of medical practice. London. 1927.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Grand curiosity as exemplified in the life of John Hunter, Hunterian lecture before the American College of Surgeons, Boston, October 1928.
References
- ^ a b "Sprigge, Samuel Squire (SPRG878SS)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ a b c d e f "Sprigge, Sir Samuel Squire". Plarr's Lives of the Fellows, Royal College of Surgeons.
- ^ a b c "Samuel Squire (Sir) Sprigge". Munk's Roll, Volume V, Lives of the Fellows, Royal College of Physicians.
- ^ "Sprigge, S. Squire". Who's Who. 1916. p. 2085.
- ^ "The Late Sir Samuel Squire Sprigge". Can Med Assoc J. 37 (2): 181. August 1937. PMC 1562179. William Warren Baldwin was Robert Baldwin's father. Sir Charles Moss was married to Emily Baldwin Sullivan, whose father's mother was a sister of William Warren Baldwin. Robert Baldwin Ross's mother was the eldest daughter of Robert Baldwin.
