About Henry Gauvain
Lived 1878 – 1945 (aged 66). Henry Gauvain was a surgeon.
Sir Henry John Gauvain (28 November 1878 – 19 January 1945) was a British surgeon and tuberculosis specialist.
Gauvain was born on the island of Alderney, the son of William Gauvain and Catherine Margaret le Ber. He was educated at Trowbridge, King's College, London, St John's College, Cambridge and Barts Hospital in London. In 1908, he became first medical superintendent of the Lord Mayor Treloar Cripples' Hospital and College, Alton, Hampshire, a position he held until his death.
Gauvain was a leading advocate of heliotherapy (sunlight therapy) in Britain. He wrote the foreword to the first English translation of Auguste Rollier's book Heliotherapy.
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Who was Henry Gauvain?
British surgeon (1878–1945)
When was Henry Gauvain born?
Henry Gauvain was born on 28 November 1878 in Alderney.
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Henry Gauvain died on 19 January 1945 in Hampshire.
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Henry Gauvain was a surgeon.
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Henry Gauvain's recorded nationality: Guernsey.
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