Richard Caton
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Dr Richard Caton CBE(1920) MB CM Edin(1867) MD Hon LLD Liverp Edin Hon Doctor Padua FRCP(1888) |
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| Born | 26 July 1842 Bradford |
| Died | 2 January 1926 Haslemere |
| Education | Scarborough Grammar School, Edinburgh University |
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Physician, Professor of Physiology, Lord Mayor of Liverpool (1907-8), Pro-vice-chancellor of University of Liverpool |
| Known for | Research into electrophysiology, medical education |
| Home town | Liverpool |
| Spouse(s) | Annie Ivory (1855-1912) |
| Children | Anne Rose, Mildred Robina |
| Parent(s) | Richard Caton, M.D (1809-1852), Mary Fawcett (1811-1873) |
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Physician, Professor of Physiology, Lord Mayor of Liverpool (1907-8),
Richard Caton (1842, Bradford – 1926), of Liverpool, England, was a British physician, physiologist and Lord Mayor of Liverpool. As a scientist he was crucial in discovering the electrical nature of the brain and laid the groundwork for Hans Berger to discover Alpha wave activity in the human brain.
Richard Caton was born in Bradford, son of Richard Caton M.D. and Mary Fawcett. He had a younger sister, Sarah (1846-1872). His father gave up his medical practice through ill health and moved to Scarborough where he died. Following this, the family returned to his mother's former home of Halifax. Caton became a boarder at Scarborough Grammar School where he developed a life-long love of the classics, reflected in later life when he wrote a number of papers on Ancient Greek medicine. Leaving school at sixteen, he worked in the Halifax and Huddersfield Bank but had to leave due to ill health. The medical treatment he received sparked an interest in practicing medicine himself. In 1863 after receiving a small legacy from an aunt, he and his mother were able to move to Scotland where he attended Edinburgh university qualifying MB in 1867, FRCP in 1868, and MD in 1870.
After graduating, Caton was resident at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary and the Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh. He moved to Liverpool in 1868 and became assistant physician to The Liverpool Infirmary for Children. He was physician to the Northern Hospital, Liverpool from 1876 to 1886, and physician to the Liverpool Royal Infirmary from 1886 to 1902, where he became consulting physician upon his retirement. He was Vice-Chairman of the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine from its foundation in 1899.
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