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| name = James Augustus Rooth |
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| birth_place = London, England. United Kingdom |
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| birth_date= January 1869 |
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| death_date = 25 October 1963 (aged 94) |
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| death_place = Hove, Sussex |
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| occupation = Physician, colonel |
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| work_institutions = [[Radcliffe Infirmary]], Oxford |
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[[Colonel (United Kingdom)|Colonel]] '''James Augustus Rooth''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|MRCS|LRCP}} (13 January 1869<ref name="BMJ"/> – 25 October 1963) was a British colonel and physician who was a member of the [[Royal Army Medical Corps]], a member of the [[Royal College of Surgeons]], and house surgeon at the [[Radcliffe Infirmary]], Oxford. |
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==Biography== |
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Rooth was born in London, IN January 1869 the son of John Wilcoxon Rooth, barrister-at-law (1835–1874), and Elizabeth Cody (1825–1917), daughter of [[Henry Smith (attorney)|Henry Smith]] of Bristol. He was baptised 20 January at [[St Paul's Church, Camden Square]].<ref>''London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906''</ref> |
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| ⚫ | Rooth was educated at [[Highgate School]] and University College [[University of Oxford]] where he read history (BA 1890).<ref>Foster, Joseph, ''Oxford Men and their Colleges 1880–1892'', J Parker Oxford, 1893.</ref> He was best known as the doctor in charge of the delivery of future vaudevillian and film actors [[Violet and Daisy Hilton]], conjoined twins born in [[Brighton]] in 1908 and the first to live to adulthood. He provided a medical testimony of them for the ''[[British Medical Journal]]'' in 1911.<ref name="BMJ"/> |
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He died aged 94, in [[Hove]], Sussex, in 1963.<ref>''England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858–1966, 1973–1995''</ref> |
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==References== |
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{{cite journal |last=Rooth |first=James A. |title=The Brighton Conjoined Twins | journal=British Medical Journal |date=23 September 1911 |volume=2 |issue=2647 |pages=653–654 |pmc=2332195 |pmid=20765808 |doi=10.1136/bmj.2.2647.653}} |
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Latest revision as of 08:08, 4 August 2024
James Augustus Rooth | |
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| Born | January 1869 London, England. United Kingdom |
| Died | 25 October 1963 (aged 94) Hove, Sussex |
| Occupation(s) | Physician, colonel |
| Medical career | |
| Institutions | Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford |
Colonel James Augustus Rooth MRCS LRCP (13 January 1869[1] – 25 October 1963) was a British colonel and physician who was a member of the Royal Army Medical Corps, a member of the Royal College of Surgeons, and house surgeon at the Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford.
Biography
[edit]Rooth was born in London, IN January 1869 the son of John Wilcoxon Rooth, barrister-at-law (1835–1874), and Elizabeth Cody (1825–1917), daughter of Henry Smith of Bristol. He was baptised 20 January at St Paul's Church, Camden Square.[2]
Rooth was educated at Highgate School and University College University of Oxford where he read history (BA 1890).[3] He was best known as the doctor in charge of the delivery of future vaudevillian and film actors Violet and Daisy Hilton, conjoined twins born in Brighton in 1908 and the first to live to adulthood. He provided a medical testimony of them for the British Medical Journal in 1911.[1]
He died aged 94, in Hove, Sussex, in 1963.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Rooth, James A. (23 September 1911). "The Brighton Conjoined Twins". British Medical Journal. 2 (2647): 653–654. doi:10.1136/bmj.2.2647.653. PMC 2332195. PMID 20765808.
- ^ London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906
- ^ Foster, Joseph, Oxford Men and their Colleges 1880–1892, J Parker Oxford, 1893.
- ^ England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858–1966, 1973–1995
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