Robert James Lee (9 November 1841, St James Parish, London – 17 November 1924,

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) was an English physician. He published papers on diseases of children and on the "treatment of pulmonary phthisis by antiseptic vapours".

Biography

He had two younger brothers, James Irwin Lee (1843–1880) and John Francis Lee (1850–1905), both of whom graduated from the University of Cambridge. The father of the three brothers was the obstetrician Robert Lee, who held the chair of midwifery at

St George's Hospital St George's Hospital is a large teaching hospital in Tooting, London. Founded in 1733, it is one of the UK's largest teaching hospitals. It is run by the St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. It shares its main hospital site i ...

. After education at

King's College School King's College School, also known as Wimbledon, KCS, King's and KCS Wimbledon, is a Private schools in the United Kingdom, private Public school (United Kingdom), public school in Wimbledon, London, Wimbledon, southwest London, England. The s ...

and

Brighton College Brighton College is a fee-charging, co-educational, boarding and day public school for boys and girls aged 3 to 18 in Brighton and Hove, England. The school has three sites: Brighton College (the senior school, ages 11 to 18), Brighton Co ...

, Robert James Lee matriculated in May 1859 at

Caius College, Cambridge Gonville and Caius College, commonly known as Caius ( ), is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, England. Founded in 1348 by Edmund Gonville, it is the fourth-oldest of the University of Cambridge's 31 colleges an ...

. During his undergraduate years he was both a runner and an oarsman. He read natural sciences and graduated with a B.A. in 1863. After studying medicine in London at

and at St Thomas Hospital and in Paris, he graduated with his M.B. degree in 1865. In 1866 he qualified as M.R.C.P. In 1869 he graduated from the University of Cambridge with both M.A. and M.D. At the beginning of his career, he was appointed as a physician to

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's Western General Dispensary and as a lecturer on forensic medicine and pathology at the

Westminster Hospital Westminster Hospital was a hospital in London, England, founded in 1719. In 1834 a medical school attached to the hospital was formally founded. In 1939 a newly built hospital and medical school opened in Horseferry Road, Westminster. In 1994 the ...

. Later in his career he was appointed to St George's Hospital as an assistant obstetric physician, as well as a lecturer on obstetric medicine. He was also appointed to London's Hospital for Sick Children (later renamed Great Ormond Street Hospital) as an assistant physician with eventual promotion to full physician. In 1874 he delivered the

Goulstonian Lectures The Goulstonian Lectures are an annual lecture series given on behalf of the Royal College of Physicians in London. They began in 1639. The lectures are named for Theodore Goulston (or Gulston, died 1632), who founded them with a bequest. By his ...

and was elected a Fellow of the

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. He spent the years from 1910 to 1924 in retirement in West Drayton. One of his two daughters was the actress

Auriol Lee Auriol Lee (13 September 1880 – 2 July 1941) was a popular British stage actress who became a successful West End of London, West End and Broadway theatre, Broadway theatrical producer and director. Biography She was born in Maddox Street in ...

Selected publications

Articles

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erysipelas Erysipelas () is a relatively common bacterial infection of the superficial layer of the skin ( upper dermis), extending to the superficial lymphatic vessels within the skin, characterized by a raised, well-defined, tender, bright- red rash, ...

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Henry Halford Sir Henry Halford, 1st Baronet, GCH (2 October 1766 – 1844), born Henry Vaughan, was president of the Royal College of Physicians for 24 years. As the royal and society physician, he was physician extraordinary to King George III from 1793 to ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lee, Robert James 1841 births 1924 deaths 19th-century English medical doctors 20th-century British medical doctors People educated at King's College School, London People educated at Brighton College Alumni of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians Physicians of Great Ormond Street Hospital