Charles Powell White

Charles Powell White (21 April 1867 – 26 September 1930) F.R.C.S. was an English pathologist and cancer researcher.

Biography

White was born on 21 April 1867. He was the fourth son of Reverend Lewis Borrett White, D.D. He was educated at St Paul's School and obtained first-class honours at the University of London, in 1884. He gained a scholarship at Sidney Sussex College in 1886 and graduated BA. His book, The Pathology of Growth Tumours was well received by a reviewer in The Lancet journal who commented that it gave an "admirably clear and concise account of our knowledge of the different varieties of tumours, their structure, and their mode of growth".

White married Lettice Mary in 1918. They had a son and daughter. He died on 26 September 1930 after being paralysed and bedridden for two years. The Pathology of Growth Tumours (1913) The Principles of Pathology (1927)