Charles Turner Thackrah,
MRCS Eng; (1795, in
Leeds
Leeds is a city in West Yorkshire, England. It is the largest settlement in Yorkshire and the administrative centre of the City of Leeds Metropolitan Borough, which is the second most populous district in the United Kingdom. It is built aro ...
– 1833) was an English surgeon. He was a pioneer in the field of
occupational medicine
Occupational and Environmental Medicine (OEM), previously called industrial medicine, is a board certified medical specialty under the American Board of Preventative Medicine that specializes in the prevention and treatment of work-related ill ...
and is known for his work ''The Effects of the Principal Arts, Trades, and Professions, and of Civic States and Habits of Living, on Health and Longevity''. He was a founder member of the
Leeds School of Medicine
The School of Medicine is the medical school of the University of Leeds, in the city of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. The School of Medicine was founded in 1831.
The School of Medicine now forms part of the University's Faculty of Medicine an ...
. He died of
tuberculosis
Tuberculosis (TB), also known colloquially as the "white death", or historically as consumption, is a contagious disease usually caused by ''Mycobacterium tuberculosis'' (MTB) bacteria. Tuberculosis generally affects the lungs, but it can al ...
in 1833, at the age of 38.
A building was opened in his honour and given his name at the
University of Leeds
The University of Leeds is a public research university in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It was established in 1874 as the Yorkshire College of Science. In 1884, it merged with the Leeds School of Medicine (established 1831) and was renamed Y ...
in around 2007.
He is not to be confused with
Charles Thackray who gave his name to the
Thackray Museum of Medicine
The Thackray Museum of Medicine in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, is a museum of the history of medicine adjacent to St James's University Hospital. It opened in March 1997 as the Thackray Medical Museum. In 1998 it won "Museum of the Year" and ...
in Leeds.
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1795 births
1833 deaths
Medical doctors from Leeds
19th-century deaths from tuberculosis
English surgeons
Medical doctors from Yorkshire
Tuberculosis deaths in England