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The '''Hunterian Professorship''', named after [[John Hunter (surgeon)|John Hunter]], is the title awarded to a surgeon who is elected to deliver the Hunterian lecture at the [[Royal College of Surgeons of England]] (RCSE).<ref name=Ellis1979>{{cite journal |last1=Ellis |first1=Harold |title=The Hunterian Professors and Arris and Gale Lecturers |journal=Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England |date=1979 |volume=6 |pages=71–72 |url=http://europepmc.org/backend/ptpmcrender.fcgi?accid=PMC2494492&blobtype=pdf}}</ref> According to British surgeon [[Harold Ellis (surgeon)|Harold Ellis]], the list of Hunterian professors reflects the history of British surgery.<ref name=Ellis1979/>
The '''Hunterian Professorship''', named after the pioneering surgeon [[John Hunter (surgeon)|John Hunter]], is one of the most prestigious accolades awarded by the [[Royal College of Surgeons of England]] (RCSE). Established in '''1810''', it recognises surgeons who have made '''significant contributions''' to surgical science through '''original research or innovation'''. Recipients are invited to deliver a '''Hunterian Lecture''', an event that reflects the evolution and progress of British surgery.{{citation needed}}


==History==
==History==
On 13 June 1803, the trustees of the Hunterian Collection met for the first time at the then newly titled RCSE. Clause 2 stated:
The Hunterian Professorship was introduced under the terms of the '''Hunterian Trust''', which was established to preserve John Hunter’s anatomical collection. The trust mandated that a course of lectures be delivered annually using specimens from the [[Hunterian Museum, London|Hunterian Collection]]. Over time, the award evolved to emphasize groundbreaking surgical research.


<blockquote>That one course of lectures, not less than 24 in number, on comparative anatomy and other subjects, illustrated by the preparations, should be given every year by some Member of the Company.<ref name=Ellis1979/></blockquote>
Since the 19th century, some of the most '''influential figures in British surgery''' have received the title, including [[John Abernethy (surgeon)|John Abernethy]], [[Sir Frederick Treves, 1st Baronet|Sir Frederick Treves]], [[Thomas Spencer Wells]], [[James Paget (surgeon)|James Paget]], [[Berkeley Moynihan, 1st Baron Moynihan|Berkeley Moynihan]], and [[Ara Darzi, Baron Darzi of Denham|Lord Ara Darzi]]. Today, the award remains a highly competitive and prestigious honour, reflecting a tradition of excellence in surgical research.{{citation needed}}


In 1894, the Clause was revised:
==Selection Process==
Candidates for the Hunterian Professorship are assessed by an expert '''committee convened by the RCSE Council'''. Applications are reviewed based on '''originality, scientific impact, and contribution to surgical practice'''. The committee may consult specialist referees in particular fields before making a decision. Only a '''select number''' of Professorships are awarded annually, making it one of the most sought-after research honours in surgery.{{citation needed}}


<blockquote>That one course of lectures, not less than 12 in number, on comparative anatomy and other subjects, illustrated by preparations from the Hungarian Collection and the other contents of the Museum, shall be given every year by the Fellows or Members of the College.<ref name=Ellis1979/></blockquote>
==Lecture Format==
The Hunterian Lecture is traditionally delivered at the [[Royal College of Surgeons of England]], but awardees may incorporate their lecture into the programme of an appropriate '''national or international surgical meeting'''. The event is chaired by a '''member of the RCSE Council''', and recipients receive a '''Hunterian Professorship Medal''' upon completion of their lecture.  


The rules were altered in 1961 with the addition of:
Appointments are made on the condition that recipients offer the College '''first-refusal publication rights''' in the ''Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England''.{{citation needed}}


<blockquote>Additional lectures, not exceeding three in number, on medical or dental subjects, may be given every year by the Fellows or members of the College, Fellows in Dental Surgery or Fellows in the Faculty of Anaesthetists.<ref name=Ellis1979/></blockquote>
==Notable Past Hunterian Professors==
{{Incomplete list|date=October 2024}}


==Lectures==
{{Incomplete list|date=October 2024}}
===19th century===
===19th century===
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! Year !! Image!!Name !!   Notes
! Year !! Image !! Name !! Notes
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|1819 ||[[File:John Abernethy(1764).jpg|120px]] ||[[John Abernethy (surgeon)|John Abernethy]]  || <ref>{{cite web |title=The Hunterian oration, for the year 1819 / [John Abernethy]. |url=https://wellcomecollection.org/works/qgrnguaa |website=Wellcome Collection |access-date=27 July 2024 |language=en}}</ref>
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| 1885||[[File:Image-Fredericktreves.jpg|120px]] ||[[Sir Frederick Treves, 1st Baronet|Sir Frederick Treves]]   ||<ref>{{cite web |title=Treves |url=http://surgicat.rcseng.ac.uk/Details/archive/110004653 |website=surgicat.rcseng.ac.uk |access-date=27 July 2024}}</ref>
| 1819 || [[File:John Abernethy(1764).jpg|120px]] || [[John Abernethy (surgeon)|John Abernethy]] || <ref>{{cite web |title=The Hunterian oration, for the year 1819 / [John Abernethy]. |url=https://wellcomecollection.org/works/qgrnguaa |website=Wellcome Collection |access-date=27 July 2024}}</ref>
|-
|-
| 1877||[[File:Photograph of Sir Thomas Spencer Wells by Barraud Wellcome L0001755EA.jpg|120px]] || [[Thomas Spencer Wells]] || <ref>{{cite web |title=Wells, Thomas Spencer (1818 – 1897) |url=https://www.hahnemannhouse.org/thomas-spencer-wells-1818-1897/ |website=Hahnemann House Trust |access-date=27 July 2024 |date=27 January 2010}}</ref>
| 1877 || [[File:Photograph of Sir Thomas Spencer Wells by Barraud Wellcome L0001755EA.jpg|120px]] || [[Thomas Spencer Wells]] || <ref>{{cite web |title=Wells, Thomas Spencer (1818 – 1897) |url=https://www.hahnemannhouse.org/thomas-spencer-wells-1818-1897/ |website=Hahnemann House Trust |access-date=27 July 2024}}</ref>
|-
|-
| 1888|| [[File:Sir John Bland-Sutton.jpg|120px]]||[[John Bland-Sutton]] || <ref>{{cite web |title=Bland-Sutton, Sir John (1855 - 1936) |url=https://livesonline.rcseng.ac.uk/client/en_GB/lives/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ASSET$002f0$002fSD_ASSET:372412/one?qu=%22rcs%3A+E000225%22&rt=false%7C%7C%7CIDENTIFIER%7C%7C%7CResource+Identifier |website=livesonline.rcseng.ac.uk |access-date=27 July 2024}}</ref>
| 1885 || [[File:Image-Fredericktreves.jpg|120px]] || [[Sir Frederick Treves, 1st Baronet|Sir Frederick Treves]] || <ref>{{cite web |title=Treves |url=http://surgicat.rcseng.ac.uk/Details/archive/110004653 |website=surgicat.rcseng.ac.uk |access-date=27 July 2024}}</ref>
|-
|-
| ||[[File:Jonathan Hutchinson.jpg|120px]] ||[[Jonathan Hutchinson|Sir Jonathon Hutchinson]]   || <ref>{{cite web |title=Hutchinson, Sir Jonathan (1828 - 1913) |url=https://livesonline.rcseng.ac.uk/client/en_GB/lives/search/detailnonmodal?d=ent%3A%2F%2FSD_ASSET%2F0%2FSD_ASSET%3A372399%7E%7E0&ic=true |website=livesonline.rcseng.ac.uk |access-date=27 July 2024}}</ref>
| 1888 || [[File:Sir John Bland-Sutton.jpg|120px]] || [[John Bland-Sutton]] || <ref>{{cite web |title=Bland-Sutton, Sir John (1855 - 1936) |url=https://livesonline.rcseng.ac.uk/client/en_GB/lives/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ASSET$002f0$002fSD_ASSET:372412/one?qu=%22rcs%3A+E000225%22 |website=livesonline.rcseng.ac.uk |access-date=27 July 2024}}</ref>
|-
|-
| || [[File:Jonathan Hutchinson.jpg|120px]] || [[Jonathan Hutchinson|Sir Jonathon Hutchinson]] || <ref>{{cite web |title=Hutchinson, Sir Jonathan (1828 - 1913) |url=https://livesonline.rcseng.ac.uk/client/en_GB/lives/search/detailnonmodal?d=ent%3A%2F%2FSD_ASSET%2F0%2FSD_ASSET%3A372399 |website=livesonline.rcseng.ac.uk |access-date=27 July 2024}}</ref>
|}
|}


===20th century===
===20th & 21st century===
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! Year !! Image!!Name !!   Notes
! Year !! Image !! Name !! Notes
|-
|1904
|[[File:John Percy Lockhart-Mummery portrait.jpg|120px]]
|[[John Lockhart-Mummery]]
|<ref name="Lives">{{cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Lockhart-Mummery, John Percy (1875 - 1957)|url=https://livesonline.rcseng.ac.uk/client/en_GB/lives/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ASSET$002f0$002fSD_ASSET:377732/one|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210207130302/https://livesonline.rcseng.ac.uk/client/en_GB/lives/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ASSET$002f0$002fSD_ASSET:377732/one|archive-date=7 February 2021|access-date=7 February 2021|website=livesonline.rcseng.ac.uk}}</ref>
|-
| 1913||[[File:Wilfred Batten Lewis Trotter Wellcome M0009740.jpg|120px]] ||[[Wilfred Trotter]]  || <ref>{{cite web |title=Trotter, Wilfred Batten Lewis (1872 - 1939) |url=https://livesonline.rcseng.ac.uk/client/en_GB/lives/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ASSET$002f0$002fSD_ASSET:376905/one?qu=%22rcs%3A+E004722%22&rt=false%7C%7C%7CIDENTIFIER%7C%7C%7CResource+Identifier |website=livesonline.rcseng.ac.uk |access-date=27 July 2024}}</ref>
|-
| ||[[File:Berkeley George Andrew Moynihan, Baron Moynihan. Photograph. Wellcome L0012198.jpg|120px]] ||[[Berkeley Moynihan, 1st Baron Moynihan|Berkeley Moynihan]]  || <ref name=Ellis1979/><ref>{{cite web |title=Moynihan, Sir Berkeley George Andrew, Lord Moynihan of Leeds (1865 - 1936) |url=https://livesonline.rcseng.ac.uk/client/en_GB/lives/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ASSET$002f0$002fSD_ASSET:372413/one?qu=%22rcs%3A+E000226%22&rt=false%7C%7C%7CIDENTIFIER%7C%7C%7CResource+Identifier |website=livesonline.rcseng.ac.uk |publisher=RCSE |access-date=17 November 2024}}</ref>
|-
|-
| || || ||  
| 1904 || [[File:John Percy Lockhart-Mummery portrait.jpg|120px]] || [[John Lockhart-Mummery]] || <ref name="Lives">{{cite web|title=Lockhart-Mummery, John Percy (1875 - 1957)|url=https://livesonline.rcseng.ac.uk/client/en_GB/lives/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ASSET$002f0$002fSD_ASSET:377732/one|website=livesonline.rcseng.ac.uk}}</ref>
|-
|-
| || || ||  
| 1913 || [[File:Wilfred Batten Lewis Trotter Wellcome M0009740.jpg|120px]] || [[Wilfred Trotter]] || <ref>{{cite web |title=Trotter, Wilfred Batten Lewis (1872 - 1939) |url=https://livesonline.rcseng.ac.uk/client/en_GB/lives/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ASSET$002f0$002fSD_ASSET:376905/one |website=livesonline.rcseng.ac.uk |access-date=27 July 2024}}</ref>
|-
|-
| || || ||  
| 1930s || [[File:Berkeley George Andrew Moynihan, Baron Moynihan.jpg|120px]] || [[Berkeley Moynihan, 1st Baron Moynihan|Berkeley Moynihan]] || <ref>{{cite web |title=Moynihan, Sir Berkeley George Andrew, Lord Moynihan of Leeds (1865 - 1936) |url=https://livesonline.rcseng.ac.uk |website=livesonline.rcseng.ac.uk}}</ref>
|}
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*[[Arris and Gale Lecture]]
*[[Arris and Gale Lecture]]


== References ==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
*{{cite web |title=Lectureships |url=https://www.rcseng.ac.uk/standards-and-research/research/fellowships-awards-grants/awards-and-grants/lectureships/ |website=Royal College of Surgeons |access-date=27 July 2024 |language=en}}
* [https://www.rcseng.ac.uk/standards-and-research/research/fellowships-awards-grants/awards-and-grants/lectureships/ Royal College of Surgeons – Lectureships]


[[Category:Annual events in London]]
[[Category:British lecture series]]
[[Category:British lecture series]]
[[Category:Medical lecture series]]
[[Category:Medical lecture series]]
[[Category:Royal College of Surgeons of England]]
[[Category:Royal College of Surgeons of England]]
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The Hunterian Professorship, named after the pioneering surgeon John Hunter, is one of the most prestigious accolades awarded by the Royal College of Surgeons of England (RCSE). Established in 1810, it recognises surgeons who have made significant contributions to surgical science through original research or innovation. Recipients are invited to deliver a Hunterian Lecture, an event that reflects the evolution and progress of British surgery.

History

The Hunterian Professorship was introduced under the terms of the Hunterian Trust, which was established to preserve John Hunter’s anatomical collection. The trust mandated that a course of lectures be delivered annually using specimens from the Hunterian Collection. Over time, the award evolved to emphasize groundbreaking surgical research.

Since the 19th century, some of the most influential figures in British surgery have received the title, including John Abernethy, Sir Frederick Treves, Thomas Spencer Wells, James Paget, Berkeley Moynihan, and Lord Ara Darzi. Today, the award remains a highly competitive and prestigious honour, reflecting a tradition of excellence in surgical research.

Selection Process

Candidates for the Hunterian Professorship are assessed by an expert committee convened by the RCSE Council. Applications are reviewed based on originality, scientific impact, and contribution to surgical practice. The committee may consult specialist referees in particular fields before making a decision. Only a select number of Professorships are awarded annually, making it one of the most sought-after research honours in surgery.

Lecture Format

The Hunterian Lecture is traditionally delivered at the Royal College of Surgeons of England, but awardees may incorporate their lecture into the programme of an appropriate national or international surgical meeting. The event is chaired by a member of the RCSE Council, and recipients receive a Hunterian Professorship Medal upon completion of their lecture.

Appointments are made on the condition that recipients offer the College first-refusal publication rights in the Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.

Notable Past Hunterian Professors

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19th century

List of Hunterian professors
Year Image Name Notes
1819 John Abernethy [1]
1877 Thomas Spencer Wells [2]
1885 Sir Frederick Treves [3]
1888 John Bland-Sutton [4]
Sir Jonathon Hutchinson [5]

20th & 21st century

List of Hunterian professors
Year Image Name Notes
1904 John Lockhart-Mummery [6]
1913 Wilfred Trotter [7]
1930s File:Berkeley George Andrew Moynihan, Baron Moynihan.jpg Berkeley Moynihan [8]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "The Hunterian oration, for the year 1819 / [John Abernethy."]. https://wellcomecollection.org/works/qgrnguaa. 
  2. ↑ "Wells, Thomas Spencer (1818 – 1897)". https://www.hahnemannhouse.org/thomas-spencer-wells-1818-1897/. 
  3. ↑ "Treves". http://surgicat.rcseng.ac.uk/Details/archive/110004653. 
  4. ↑ "Bland-Sutton, Sir John (1855 - 1936)". https://livesonline.rcseng.ac.uk/client/en_GB/lives/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ASSET$002f0$002fSD_ASSET:372412/one?qu=%22rcs%3A+E000225%22. 
  5. ↑ "Hutchinson, Sir Jonathan (1828 - 1913)". https://livesonline.rcseng.ac.uk/client/en_GB/lives/search/detailnonmodal?d=ent%3A%2F%2FSD_ASSET%2F0%2FSD_ASSET%3A372399. 
  6. ↑ "Lockhart-Mummery, John Percy (1875 - 1957)". https://livesonline.rcseng.ac.uk/client/en_GB/lives/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ASSET$002f0$002fSD_ASSET:377732/one. 
  7. ↑ "Trotter, Wilfred Batten Lewis (1872 - 1939)". https://livesonline.rcseng.ac.uk/client/en_GB/lives/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ASSET$002f0$002fSD_ASSET:376905/one. 
  8. ↑ "Moynihan, Sir Berkeley George Andrew, Lord Moynihan of Leeds (1865 - 1936)". https://livesonline.rcseng.ac.uk. 
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