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Hubert E. J. Biss

1871 – 1909

British physician and medical writer

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Lived 1871 – 1909 (aged 37). Hubert E. J. Biss was a writer.

Baillière’s Popular Atlas of the Anatomy and Physiology of the Male Human Body for which Biss provided the text. Hubert Elwyn Jones Biss (28 September 1871 – 20 September 1909) was a British physician and medical writer. He attended William Gladstone at his deathbed in 1898 and wrote the text for the long-running Baillière's atlases of the male and female body.

Early life and family Hubert Biss was born in New Zealand on 28 September 1871, the son of Cecil Yates Biss MD FRCP, and his wife Janet. His grandfather was John Jones, a landowner in Dunedin, New Zealand.

He married Janie Williamson Biss. He also worked at the Grove and Park fever hospitals.

Among his medical writings was the text for the long-running Baillière's atlases of the male and female body for which Georges M. Dupuy provided the illustrations. He was the assistant editor for The Medical Press and Circular.

Selected publications "The Preservation of the Eyesight in Children", The Illuminating Engineer, Vol. 3 (1908), pp. 65-?. "School Life and Healthy Growth", Education Outlook, Vols. 61-62 (1908), pp. 256–59. Baillière’s Popular Atlas of the Anatomy and Physiology of the Male Human Body. Baillière, Tindall & Cox, London. Baillière’s Popular Atlas of the Anatomy and Physiology of the Female Human Body. Baillière, Tindall & Cox, London. (3rd 1938)

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University of Cambridge, Dulwich College
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Who was Hubert E. J. Biss?

British physician and medical writer (1871-1909)

When was Hubert E. J. Biss born?

Hubert E. J. Biss was born on 28 September 1871.

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Hubert E. J. Biss died on 20 September 1909.

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Hubert E. J. Biss was a writer.

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· Wikipedia: Hubert E. J. Biss

· Wikidata: Q59785807

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