Portrait of a group of medical practitioners at the Department of Anatomy, Medical College, Calcutta
Date
1950
Sitter
Geoffrey Hadfield (1889 - 1968, British) , Pathologist
Lilat Mohan Banerji (1880 - 1968, Indian) , Anatomist
Gordon Gordon-Taylor (1878 - 1960, British) , Surgeon
Arthur St George Joseph McCarthy Huggett (1897 - 1968, British) , Physiologist
Godrej Sorabjee Karai (Indian) , Surgeon
Lilat Mohan Banerji (1880 - 1968, Indian) , Anatomist
Gordon Gordon-Taylor (1878 - 1960, British) , Surgeon
Arthur St George Joseph McCarthy Huggett (1897 - 1968, British) , Physiologist
Godrej Sorabjee Karai (Indian) , Surgeon
Creator - Organisation
Sen Electro Studio, Photographer
Object type
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 151mm
width (print): 197mm
height (card support): 248mm
width (card support): 299mm
width (print): 197mm
height (card support): 248mm
width (card support): 299mm
Subject
Description
Full-length portraits within a laboratory, seated around human bones laid out on a table. Front row, left to right: Frank Whitby, Geoffrey Hadfield, Lilat Mohan Banerji, Sir Gordon Gordon-Taylor, Arthur St George Joseph McCarthy Huggett and D C Chakravarti. Back row, left to right: Godrej Sorabjee Karai, P Bose and Samarendra Mitra.
Inscribed ‘MEDICAL COLLEGE, CALCUTTA. DEPARTMENT OF ANATOMY Primary F.R.C.S. (Eng.) Examination 13th April – 21st April – 1950. Sen Electro Studio. Left to Right. Front Row :- Mr. Frank Whitby (Asst. Secy. Exam. Board. R.C.P. & R.C.S.). Prof. G. Hadfield, M.D., B.S., F.R.C.P.. Mr. L. M. Banerjee M.S., F.R.C.S. (Eng), Sir. Gordon Gordon-Taylor K.B.E., C.B., F.R.C.S., Prof. A. St. G. Huggett D.Sc., M.B.B.S., Ph.D., L.R.C.P., M.R.C.S., Dr. D.C.Chakravarti M.B.E., F.R.C.S.E. Back Row ;- Dr. Godrej S. Karai M.B., Dr. P. Bose M.B., D.T.M. Prof. of Anatomy, Dr. Samarendra Mitra M.B.’
Huggett was an examiner for the University of London at Overseas Universities with the object of maintaining common standards of medical training, he visited India in this way.
Geoffrey Hadfield (1889-1968) was a British pathologist.
Lilat Mohan Banerji (1880-1968) was an India anatomist and surgeon.
Sir Gordon Gordon-Taylor (1878-1960) was a British surgeon.
Arthur St George Joseph McCarthy Huggett (1897-1968) was a British physiologist and obstetrician, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1958.
Godrej Sorabjee Karai (-1978) was an Indian surgeon.
Inscribed ‘MEDICAL COLLEGE, CALCUTTA. DEPARTMENT OF ANATOMY Primary F.R.C.S. (Eng.) Examination 13th April – 21st April – 1950. Sen Electro Studio. Left to Right. Front Row :- Mr. Frank Whitby (Asst. Secy. Exam. Board. R.C.P. & R.C.S.). Prof. G. Hadfield, M.D., B.S., F.R.C.P.. Mr. L. M. Banerjee M.S., F.R.C.S. (Eng), Sir. Gordon Gordon-Taylor K.B.E., C.B., F.R.C.S., Prof. A. St. G. Huggett D.Sc., M.B.B.S., Ph.D., L.R.C.P., M.R.C.S., Dr. D.C.Chakravarti M.B.E., F.R.C.S.E. Back Row ;- Dr. Godrej S. Karai M.B., Dr. P. Bose M.B., D.T.M. Prof. of Anatomy, Dr. Samarendra Mitra M.B.’
Huggett was an examiner for the University of London at Overseas Universities with the object of maintaining common standards of medical training, he visited India in this way.
Geoffrey Hadfield (1889-1968) was a British pathologist.
Lilat Mohan Banerji (1880-1968) was an India anatomist and surgeon.
Sir Gordon Gordon-Taylor (1878-1960) was a British surgeon.
Arthur St George Joseph McCarthy Huggett (1897-1968) was a British physiologist and obstetrician, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1958.
Godrej Sorabjee Karai (-1978) was an Indian surgeon.
Object history
From a collection of photographs of Arthur St George Joseph McCarthy Huggett and Helen Kemp Porter, presented to the Royal Society for duplication by Jean Adams in June 2016.
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