Hughes, Alfred William

First name(s)

Alfred William

Surname

Hughes

Position(s) held at King's College London

• Professor of Anatomy (1897-1900)
• Dean of Medical Department (1898-1900)

Education & professional details

Qualifications

• RCSEd (1889) ^{Ref: *1}

Position(s) held (non King's College London)

• Senior Demonstrator and Lecturer in Anatomy, University of Edinburgh
• Chair of Anatomy, University College, Cardiff (1893-)
• Organizing Secretary, Welsh Military Hospital, South Africa
• Chief Superintendant, Welsh Military Hospital, South Africa (1900-) ^{Ref: *1}

Publications

• A Manual of Practical Anatomy (1901)

Personal details

Date of birth

1862

Date of death

1900

Place of death

London. England

Notes

Hughes died young after developing typhoid fever on the return journey from the Welsh Military Hospital in Sourht Africa, which was founded in response to the Boer War and which Hughes was instrumental in establishing. The Hughes Memorial Prize in Anatomy at King’s was established in his honor. 

According to H. Willoughby Lyle, “Professor Hughes was a man of great personal energy; his lectures and demonstrations were brilliant, and he clothed the dry bones of anatomy with real interest. As a Dean he was kindness itself and ever ready to smooth away difficulties with which his students had to contend.” ^{Ref: * 1}

His memorial plaque at King’s reads, “His devotion to duty, and the beauty of his character endeared him to all his colleagues and pupils”.