William Heneage Ogilvie
BornJuly 14, 1887
Valparaiso
DiedApril 15, 1971
Occupation(s)Surgeon, writer

William Heneage Ogilvie K.B.E., M.Ch., F.R.C.S. (July 14, 1887 – April 15, 1971)[1] was an accomplished British surgeon, medical essayist, and yachtsman.[2]

Early life

Ogilvie was born in Valparaiso, on 14 July 1887 during his British father's engineering career in Chile. In 1910, he attended Clifton College and New College, Oxford pursuing physiology. He then attended Guy's Hospital for his medical training and obtained his FRCS by 1920.[3]

Later life

A great deal of Ogilvie's adult life was spent in the British Army, where he served in the Balkan Wars in 1912, the first world war in France, and finally as a consulting surgeon with the Middle East and East Africa Forces in the second world war, attaining the rank of Major-General and KBE.[3]

Ogilvie favoured a low-carbohydrate high-fat diet. He wrote the foreword for Richard Mackarness' book Eat Fat and Grow Slim in 1958.[4]

Personal life

Ogilvie married Vere Quitter in 1915 and raised three children.[3]

Selected publications

See also

References

  1. ^ "Obituary Notices" (PDF). British Medical Journal. 2 (5756): 282–284. 1971. doi:10.1136/bmj.2.5756.282. S2CID 220140915.
  2. ^ Sir William Heneage Ogilvie at Who Named It?
  3. ^ a b c "Lives of the Fellows". The Royal College of Surgeons of England. 22 September 2014. Retrieved 13 October 2020. Ogilvie, Sir William Heneage (1887 - 1971)
  4. ^ Fox, Matthew. Allergic to Innovation? Dietary Change and Debate about Food Allergy in the United States. In David Gentilcore; Matthew Smith. (2018). Proteins, Pathologies and Politics: Dietary Innovation and Disease from the Nineteenth Century. Bloomsbury Publishing. pp. 3-4. ISBN 9781350056893
  5. ^ Haubrich WS (2008). "Ogilvie of the Ogilvie Syndrome". Gastroenterology. 135 (2): 337. doi:10.1053/j.gastro.2008.06.071.


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