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Stuart Stanton (surgeon)
Stuart Lawrence Richard Stanton (1938–2024) was a surgeon who pioneered urogynaecology in the UK. He was the professor of pelvic surgery and urogynaecology at the large teaching hospital, St George's. He researched and wrote extensively and trained many surgeons in techniques such as Burch colposuspension. As his students established the speciality in other countries, he was influential globally. He was especially supportive of Israel as he was Jewish and he spent most of his later life there. He was a fellow and founder member of the International Continence Society and other medical organisations. Early life and education Stanton was born in Dagenham in Essex to a general practitioner (GP) and his wife, who lived over the surgery. He won a scholarship to the City of London School at age 10. The school had pioneered teaching of the sciences and Stanton excelled in these subjects. He then studied medicine at the London Hospital Medical College for five years, star ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dagenham
Dagenham () is a town in East London, England, within the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham. Dagenham is centred east of Charing Cross. It was historically a rural parish in the Becontree Hundred of Essex, stretching from Hainault Forest in the north to the River Thames in the south. Dagenham remained mostly undeveloped until 1921, when the London County Council began construction of the large Becontree housing estate. The population significantly increased as people moved to the new housing in the early 20th century, with the parish of Dagenham becoming Dagenham Urban District in 1926 and the Municipal Borough of Dagenham in 1938. In 1965 Dagenham became part of Greater London when most of the historic parish become part of the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham. Dagenham was chosen as a location for industrial activity and is perhaps most famous for being the location of the Ford Dagenham motor car plant where the Ford sewing machinists strike of 1968 took ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
