18 Facts About James Dundas-Grant

James Dundas-Grant was surgeon to a number of London hospitals and surgeon to several institutions.

James Dundas-Grant was regarded as a prolific writer about a variety of topics within his speciality and devised a number of surgical instruments.

James Dundas-Grant's father was James Dundas-Grant, an Edinburgh advocate and his mother Louise Elizabeth Dundas-Grant.

James Dundas-Grant went to school at the Edinburgh Academy and finished his schooling at Dunkirk College in northern France.

James Dundas-Grant matriculated as an undergraduate at the University of Edinburgh graduating Master of Arts in 1873.

James Dundas-Grant then studied for a short time at the University of Wurzburg in Bavaria before matriculating in the University of Edinburgh Medical School graduating MB CM in 1876.

James Dundas-Grant was a house officer at the Edinburgh Royal Maternity Hospital then went on to set up in general practice in London.

James Dundas-Grant had hospital attachments to Poplar Hospital and the Shadwell Lying-in Home and was able to attend clinics at London teaching hospitals, where his interest in oto-laryngology began.

James Dundas-Grant graduated MD with honours from the University of Edinburgh in 1879.

James Dundas-Grant became a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 1884 and of the Royal College of Surgeons of England six years later.

James Dundas-Grant was surgeon to the Brompton Hospital, the West End Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, the Freemasons' Hospital and the Sussex Throat and Ear Hospital at Brighton.

James Dundas-Grant served as a surgeon-major in the reserve regiment the 24th Middlesex Rifle Volunteers and was medical officer to the London division of the National Reserve Corps.

James Dundas-Grant was a prolific writer contributing articles on a wide range of topics within his speciality.

James Dundas-Grant had a particular panache for devising surgical instruments, several of which were widely used.

James Dundas-Grant had a lifelong passion for music and was surgeon to the Royal Academy of Music and aural surgeon to the Royal Society of Musicians.

James Dundas-Grant was a vice-president of the Royal Institution, president of the Section of Laryngology of the Royal Society of Medicine, president of the Section of Laryngology and Otology of the British Medical Association and president of the Hunterian Society.

James Dundas-Grant was made an honorary member of specialist societies in France, Belgium, Germany and the United States.

James Dundas-Grant was made a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1920 Birthday Honours.