Joseph Shaw Bolton

Joseph Shaw Bolton (1867–1946) was a British physician, pathologist, psychiatrist and neurologist who was Professor of Mental Diseases at the University of Leeds.

Early life and education After education at Spring Hill School in Whitby, Bolton worked as an assistant without formal qualification at an asylum and as an assistant to a general practitioner in Manchester. He graduated BSc (London) in 1888. He then studied at University College London Medical School where he graduated MB ChB in 1894 and became a demonstrator of anatomy. By 1896 he graduated MD.

Charles Bolton, FRS was Bolton's younger brother. 1925 — Maudsley Lecturer 1928 — President of the Royal Medico-Psychological Association 1933 — Henderson Trust Lecturer 1935 — Lumleian Lecturer