Sir Frederick Treves, 1st Baronet
| Sir Frederick Treves, Bt | |
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| Born |
15 February 1853 Dorchester, Dorset, England |
| Died | 7 December 1923 (aged 70) Lausanne, Switzerland |
| Nationality | British |
| Fields | Medicine, surgery |
| Alma mater | London Hospital Medical College |
Sir Frederick Treves, 1st Baronet, GCVO, CH, CB (15 February 1853 – 7 December 1923) was a prominent British surgeon of the Victorian and Edwardian eras, now known for his friendship with Joseph Merrick, "the Elephant Man".
Frederick Treves was born 15 February 1853 in Dorchester, Dorset, the son of William Treves, an upholsterer, and his wife, Jane (née Knight). As a small boy, he attended the school run by the Dorset dialect poet, William Barnes, and later the Merchant Taylors' School and London Hospital Medical College. He passed the membership examinations for the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 1875 and in 1878 for the fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons (FRCS).
He was a Knight of Grace of the Order of St John.
Treves became a surgeon, specialising in abdominal surgery, at the London Hospital in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. He performed the first appendectomy in England, on 29 June 1888. He was appointed a Surgeon Extraordinary to Queen Victoria.
In 1884, Treves first saw Joseph Merrick, known as the Elephant Man, being exhibited by showman Tom Norman in a shop across the road from the London Hospital. Around 1886 Treves brought Merrick to the London Hospital where Merrick lived until his death in April 1890. Treves' reminiscences mistakenly names Joseph Merrick as John Merrick, an error widely recirculated by biographers of Merrick.
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