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Dr Charles Edward Underhill PRCPE FRSE LLD (1845–1908) was a 19th century Scottish physician and sportsman, who served as President of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh from 1906 to 1908. LifeHe was born in Tipton in Staffordshire on 8 March 1845 the second of eight sons of Dr William Lees Underhill (1814-1894), and his wife, Emily Margaretta Roe. He was educated in Bromsgrove and Shrewsbury. In the 1860s his family were still living at Tipton Green.[1] He studied Medicine at Caius College, Cambridge as a Tancred Student graduating MB in 1870. He was on the university rowing team whilst at Cambridge. Following graduation he became a Demonstrator in Anatomy at Edinburgh University.[2] In 1875 he became assistant to Dr James Matthews Duncan later replacing him as Physician to the Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh rising to the position of Consultant Physician. He was also Manager of Edinburgh's Royal Maternity Hospital and on the management board of Edinburgh Royal Infirmary. In 1877 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were Peter Guthrie Tait, Alexander Crum Brown, Alexander Buchan and David Milne Hume.[3] In 1905 he became President to the Edinburgh Harveian Society. He succeeded Dr John Playfair as President of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh in 1906 but died in office on 24 April 1908 at which point John Playfair completed Underhill's term in office before being succeeded by William Allan Jamieson. He lived at 8 Coates Crescent in Edinburgh's West End.[4] Four weeks before his death, of a progressive heart disease, he moved out to Baberton House in south-west Edinburgh, lent to him by his friend and colleague, Byrom Bramwell.[5] He is buried in Dean Cemetery in western Edinburgh. The grave lies on the south side of the main east-west path pointing at the Dean Gallery entrance. Publications
FamilyIn 1872 he married Anna Wilhelmina Lambe (1845-1938), daughter of A. I. Lambe of Bengal. He was brother to Dr Thomas Edgar Underhill FRSE.[6] Other InterestsHe was a member of the Royal Company of Archers, the king's official bodyguard in Scotland.[7] He was a member of the Aesculapian Club and Round Table Club. RecognitionA memorial stained glass window to Underhill was erected in St Johns Episcopal Church on Princes Street in Edinburgh. References1. ^Guy's Hospital Reports 1865: List of Subscribers {{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Underhill, Charles Edward}}{{Scotland-med-bio-stub}}2. ^BMJ obituary, May 1908 3. ^{{cite book|title=Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002|date=July 2006|publisher=The Royal Society of Edinburgh|isbn=0 902 198 84 X|url=https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp2.pdf}} 4. ^Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1907 5. ^BMJ obituary, May 1908 6. ^Obituary of T E Underhill, British Medical Journal, May 1917 7. ^BMJ obituary, May 1908 8 : 1845 births|1908 deaths|People from Staffordshire|Alumni of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge|19th-century Scottish medical doctors|Presidents of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh|Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh|Burials at the Dean Cemetery |
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