Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Sir Henry Duncan Littlejohn (1826, Edinburgh - 1914, Benreoch, near Arrochar, Argyll) was a Scottish surgeon, forensic scientist and public health pioneer. He served as Edinburgh's first Medical Officer of Health (1862-1908), introducing model sanitation improvements and the legal requirement to notify cases of infectious diseases. He contributed significantly to public health administration and urban management. He co-founded the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Edinburgh.Long a lecturer for the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh at Surgeons' Hall, he was appointed to the Chair of Medical Jurisprudence at the University of Edinburgh in 1897.Serving as Edinburgh's Police Surgeon and as Medical Advisor to the Crown in Scotland in criminal cases, he was often called upon as an expert witness.A kirk elder at the High Kirk of Edinburgh, Littlejohn filled several prominent posts in public life, including nine years on the board of the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, president of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (1875-6), president of the Medico-Chirurgical Society of Edinburgh (1883-5), and president of the Royal Institute of Public Health (1893).Although Arthur Conan Doyle primarily credited Joseph Bell as being the source of inspiration for his character Sherlock Holmes, he also cited Henry Littlejohn as being a contributing influence. Henry Littlejohn taught Doyle forensic medicine when Doyle was studying at the medical school of the University of Edinburgh.Littlejohn was educated at Perth Academy, the Royal High School in Edinburgh, and at the University of Edinburgh. He was the father of the eminent surgeon Henry Harvey Littlejohn (1862-1927).Henry Littlejohn was knighted in 1895 by Queen Victoria.He died at Benreoch, Argyll in 1914, and was interred at the Dean Cemetery in Edinburgh.. }
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- Henry_Littlejohn_(surgeon_born_1826) abstract "Sir Henry Duncan Littlejohn (1826, Edinburgh - 1914, Benreoch, near Arrochar, Argyll) was a Scottish surgeon, forensic scientist and public health pioneer. He served as Edinburgh's first Medical Officer of Health (1862-1908), introducing model sanitation improvements and the legal requirement to notify cases of infectious diseases. He contributed significantly to public health administration and urban management. He co-founded the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Edinburgh.Long a lecturer for the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh at Surgeons' Hall, he was appointed to the Chair of Medical Jurisprudence at the University of Edinburgh in 1897.Serving as Edinburgh's Police Surgeon and as Medical Advisor to the Crown in Scotland in criminal cases, he was often called upon as an expert witness.A kirk elder at the High Kirk of Edinburgh, Littlejohn filled several prominent posts in public life, including nine years on the board of the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, president of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (1875-6), president of the Medico-Chirurgical Society of Edinburgh (1883-5), and president of the Royal Institute of Public Health (1893).Although Arthur Conan Doyle primarily credited Joseph Bell as being the source of inspiration for his character Sherlock Holmes, he also cited Henry Littlejohn as being a contributing influence. Henry Littlejohn taught Doyle forensic medicine when Doyle was studying at the medical school of the University of Edinburgh.Littlejohn was educated at Perth Academy, the Royal High School in Edinburgh, and at the University of Edinburgh. He was the father of the eminent surgeon Henry Harvey Littlejohn (1862-1927).Henry Littlejohn was knighted in 1895 by Queen Victoria.He died at Benreoch, Argyll in 1914, and was interred at the Dean Cemetery in Edinburgh.".