Pritchard, Urban

Title ^Ref: *1

Prof

First name(s)

Urban

Surname

Pritchard

Position(s) held at King's College London

• House Physician, 1870 
• Sambrooke Surgical Registrar, 1871 
• Curator of Museum 
• Demonstrator of Physiology and Lecturer on Physiology to evening classes
• First Aural surgeon, 1876 
• Chair of Aural surgery, 1886 
• Fellow, 1893 

Education & professional details

School, college and/or university attended ^{Refs: *1 *4}

• University of Edinburgh (gold medallist)
• Medical Faculty of King's College

Qualifications ^Ref: *1

MD Edin, MRCS, LSA, LRCP, MB, CM FRCS

Position(s) held (non King's College London) ^Ref: *1

• Surgeon to Royal Ear Hospital, 1874-1900
• Hon, Consulting Surgeon, 1900 

Professional activities ^Ref: *1

• First Chairman of Medical Board King's College Hospital 1909;
• President of the International Congress of Otology 1899;
• 2nd President of Otological Society UK

Publications ^{Refs: *1 *4}

• Thesis " The structure of the lamina spiralis membranacea" (Gold medal)
• " The Organ of Corti in mammals" proceedings of Royal Society 1876
• Handbook of Diseases of the Ear (3rd edition 1896)
• Cochlea of the Orithorhynchus Platypus: Royal Society's Philosophical Transactions

Personal details

Date of birth ^{Refs: *1 *2}

1845

Place of birth ^Ref: *2

Islington

Date of death ^Ref: *3

16th October 1925

Place of death ^Ref: *3

Chesham Bois, Bucks

Family details ^{Refs: *1 *2 *4}

Son of Andrew Pritchard FRSE; married Charlotte Pallister in Gravesend in 1872; his son, Norman Pallister Pritchard MRCS, was former student, house 'accoucher and casualty officer King’s College Hospital

Notes

Awarded Ettle's scholarship by University of Edinburgh (most distinguished student); awarded gold medal 1871 for his thesis on the structure of lamina spiralis membranacea. Co-editor for the UK and International archives of Otology 1890 - 1908. His services were requisitioned during WWI to work at King's.