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Sir John Broadbent, 2nd Baronet
English physician (1865–1946) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sir John Francis Harpin Broadbent, 2nd Baronet, FRCP (16 October 1865 – 21 January 1946[1]) was an English physician at St Mary's Hospital, London.[1]
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He was the elder son of the neurologist Sir William Henry Broadbent, 1st Baronet and his wife Eliza née Harpin.[1] John was educated at Rugby School and Hertford College, Oxford.[1] He entered St. Mary's Hospital while his father was still an active staff member.[2] He was dean of the Medical School from 1910 to 1920.[1] In 1908 he was secretary of the Section of Medicine at the Sheffield Meeting of the British Medical Association.[2]
With his father William, John wrote Heart Disease and Aneurism of the Aorta in 1897,[1] fourth edition in 1906.[2]
He contributed the Rheumatism and Heart articles for the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.