Urban Pritchard
British otologist (1845–1925)
Urban Pritchard (21 March 1845 – 1925) was a British otologist who made important contributions to understanding of the organ of Corti.
Early years
Urban Pritchard was born on 21 March 1845.
He was the fifth son of Andrew Pritchard, a Fellow of the Royal Society.
He studied medicine at King's College Hospital, qualifying as Member of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1868 and Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians and of the Society of Apothecaries in 1869.
He went on to the University of Edinburgh where he was Ettles Scholar.
He graduated as Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery in 1869 and Doctor of Medicine in 1871.
His thesis, which earned a gold medal, was entitled Researches on the Structure of the Lamina Spiralis Membranacca, with a supplementary chapter on the Staining of Tissues.
In 1872 he obtained a diploma as Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons.
Career
Pritchard returned to King's College Hospital and was physicians' assistant to Sir George Johnson, Dr. Lionel Beale and Sir Alfred Garrod.
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