Beale, Peyton Todd Bowman
- First name(s)
- Peyton Todd Bowman
- Surname
- Beale
- Position(s) held at King's College London
- House Surgeon, King’s College Hospital, c.1890
- Elected to the staff as Assistant Surgeon 1893
- Demonstrator of Physiology and Histology 1891-1904
- Lecturer in Biology, 1891-1900
- Evening Class Lecturer of Physiology, 1891-[1896]
- Evening Class Lecturer of Vegetable Biology and Botany, 1892-[1896]
- Assistant Surgeon at King's College Hospital, 1893-1901
- Lecturer of Physiology and Artistic Anatomy, KCL Ladies Department, 1893-[1899]
- Evening Class Lecturer of Botany, 1895-[1896]
- Lecturer on Animal Biology, KCL Ladies Department, 1896-[1899]
- Lecturer of Histology, KCL Ladies Department, 1898-[1899]
- Full Surgeon at King's College Hospital, 1901-1910
- Dean of Medical Faculty, KCL 1906-1910
- Consulting Surgeon at King's College Hospital, 1925-1957 Ref: *1
Education & professional details
- School, college and/or university attended
- Westminster School Ref: *1
- Qualifications
- King's College London L.S.A (1888) under Junior Scholarship
- London Conjoint Diploma (1899) Ref: *1
- Position(s) held (non King's College London)
- Examiner in Physiology and [later] Surgery to the Society of Apothecaries, London
- Examiner in Surgery for Glasgow University
- Examiner in Biology for London Conjoint Board
- Consulting Surgeon, local cottage hospital, Milford-on-Sea
- Member of surgical staff at Great Northern Central Hospital (in retirement) Ref: *1
- Professional activities
- Admitted to F.R.C.S 1890 Ref: *1
- Publications
Practical Lessons in Elementary Biology (1894)
Aids to Physiology (1903)
Personal details
- Date of birth
- 20 June 1864
- Place of birth
- Middlesex, England
- Date of death
- 24 December 1957
- Place of death
- Lymington, Hampshire
- Obituary
Br Med J 1958;1:108-109
- Family details
Son of Professor Lionel S. Beale, F.R.S (1828-1906) (Professor of Medicine at King's College, London) and the grandson of Dr. Lionel John Beale.Ref: *1 Mother was Frances Blakiston (1828–1892). Two daughters, Margaret Gertrude Beale (1893) and Phyllis Leyton Beale (1901). Ref: *4
Married Gertrude Louisa Attwell, 25 July 1892. Ref: *3
Notes
Was a keen botanist and microscopist, carpenter and metal-worker. Ref: *1
Between March 1891 and June 1895, there was a written dispute between William Dobson Halliburton (1860-1931), Professor of Physiology and Beale over Halliburton’s belief that Beale was not qualified to hold his post. Ref: *2
References
1.Br Med J 1958;1:108-109, KH/OB/5 King's College London Archives
2. KA/IC/H102, King's College London Archives.
3.Surrey, England, Church of England Marriages, 1754-1937
4.”Peyton Todd Bowman Beale”, Ancestry.co.uk [Accessed 9 May 2017]
Other Sources:
England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
Photograph: Resident Staff King’s College Hospital, Lincolns Inn, 1890. KHMS PH 3/4 King’s College London Archives