Andrew Wood Wilkinson

Andrew Wood Wilkinson (born 19 April 1914 in Taunton, died 18 August 1995 in Castle Douglas, Kirkcudbrightshire) was a British paediatrician of Scottish extraction and the first Professor of Paediatric Surgery in the UK.

Life Wilkinson took his early primary education at his local school, before being sent to Weymouth College public school. Wilkinson remained in Edinburgh until 1949, taking several surgical posts, including a position at Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh. In 1940 he became a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh Fellowship of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons. In 1958, Wilkinson was appointed Nuffield professor of paediatric surgery at the Institute of Child Health at the University of London and as a surgeon working at Great Ormond Street Hospital. On retiral in 1979, he was made professor emeritus professor. In 1979, Wilkinson retired and went to live close to the Solway Firth. He began to lose his sight in his later years.

In 1941, Wilkinson married Joan Sharp, an artist and potter, in Edinburgh. They had two daughters, Jane and Caroline, and two sons, Angus and Peter.

Awards and honours Hunterian Professor, Royal College of Surgeons in 1965. Wilkison was President of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh between 1976 and 1979. Wilkinson was appointed a CBE in 1979.