About Ruth Bowden
Lived 1915 – 2001 (aged 86). Ruth Bowden was a physician and anatomist.
Ruth Elizabeth Mary Bowden OBE (21 February 1915 – 19 December 2001) was an English anatomist. A professor of anatomy of the Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine for thirty years, she was best known for her work on peripheral nerve injuries and leprosy.
Biography Bowden was born in 1915 to Frank Harold and Louise Ellen Bowden. Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons (RCS), and a Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal.
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English anatomist (1915-2001)
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Ruth Bowden was born on 21 February 1915.
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Ruth Bowden died on 19 December 2001.
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Ruth Bowden was a physician and anatomist.
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