Human Accomplishment: Joseph Lister

a British surgeon, medical scientist, experimental pathologist and a pioneer of antiseptic surgery and preventative medicine.

Born

5 April 1827 Upton House, West Ham, England

Died

10 February 1912 (aged 84) Walmer, Kent, England

Nationality

English, British

Known for

Surgical sterile techniques

Fields

Medicine

Awards

Royal Medal (1880) Cameron Prize for Therapeutics of the University of Edinburgh (1890) Albert Medal (1894) Copley Medal (1902)

Institutions

University of Edinburgh University of Glasgow King's College London

Spouse(s)

Agnes Lister (nee Syme)

adultbasic

Britain

Education

University College London

era

1800+

Influences

William Sharpey Wharton Jones John Hunter Louis Pasteur

Parent(s)

Joseph Jackson Lister Isabella Harris

Preceded by

The Lord Kelvin

Resting place

Hampstead Cemetery in London

Succeeded by

Sir William Huggins