Sydney Arthur Monckton Copeman | |
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 Sydney Copeman | |
| Born | (1862-02-21)21 February 1862 |
| Died | 11 April 1947(1947-04-11) (aged 85) |
| Awards | Cameron Prize for Therapeutics of the University of Edinburgh (1898) |
Sydney Arthur Monckton CopemanK.St.JFRS[1]FRCP (21 February 1862 – 11 April 1947) was aBritish medical doctor and senior medical officer in theMinistry of Health.[2][3]
He was the eldest son of Rev Arthur Charles Copeman, Vicar of St Andrew's Norwich. He was educated atNorwich School andCorpus Christi College, Cambridge from which he graduated in 1882.[1][4] He went on to undergo medical training atSt Thomas' Hospital, London, qualifying in 1886.[5] He obtained apost-graduateMD atCambridge University in 1890.[5]
In 1891 he became a medical inspector with theLocal Government Board. In 1898, he was awarded theCameron Prize for Therapeutics of the University of Edinburgh. When the Ministry of Health replaced the board in 1919, Copeman became a medical officer with the ministry, retiring in 1925.[5] He was an authority onvaccination, and is credited with the development of glycerinated lymph. In 1898 he delivered theMilroy Lecture onVaccination – Its Natural History and Pathology, published as a book in the following year. and was elected a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in 1899. In 1903 he was elected aFellow of the Royal Society[1][5] and in 1925 was awarded theEdward Jenner Medal of theRoyal Society of Medicine.[6]
Following his retirement from the Ministry of Health, Copeman enteredlocal government. He was a member ofHampstead Borough Council, where he was chairman of the public health committee, and was elected to theLondon County Council as aMunicipal Reform Party councillor representingHampstead in 1934.[5][7]
He died inHove,Sussex, in April 1947, aged 85.[5] Copeman's sonW. S. C. Copeman became a prominentrheumatologist andmedical historian.[8] He had married Ethel Margaret Boord, daughter of SirThomas William Boord. They had one son and two daughters.
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