About K. W. Monsarrat
Lived 1872 – 1968 (aged 96). K. W. Monsarrat was a physician and philosopher.
Keith Waldegrave Monsarrat (11 January 1872 – 28 April 1968) was an English physician, surgeon, philosopher and writer.
Biography
Monsarrat was born in Kendal. He was educated at King William's College on the Isle of Man. In 1890 he joined the University of Edinburgh as a medical student and graduated with an MB ChB in 1894.
Selected publications
Surgical Technics in Hospital Practice (1898) The Red Halls and Other Verses (1920) Health and the Human Spirit (1923) Human Understanding and its World (1937) Human Powers and their Relations (1938) My Self, My Thinking, My Thoughts (1942) Thoughts, Deeds and Human Happiness (1946) Human Desires and Their Fulfilment (1950) On Human Thinking (1955) K. W. Monsarrat: A Tribute on the Occasion of His 90th Birthday (1962) On Human Wisdom (1964)
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Who was K. W. Monsarrat?
British physician, philosopher and writer
When was K. W. Monsarrat born?
K. W. Monsarrat was born on 11 January 1872 in Kendal.
When did K. W. Monsarrat die?
K. W. Monsarrat died on 28 April 1968 in Liverpool.
What was K. W. Monsarrat's occupation?
K. W. Monsarrat was a physician and philosopher.
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