Sir William Henry Power, KCB,FRS (15 December 1842 – 28 July 1916) was a British medical doctor.[1][2][3]
Biography
William Power was born on 15 December 1842 in London, the eldest son of the surgeon William Henry Power and his wife Charlotte Smart.[4] He studied at University College, London, before taking up an apprenticeship with his father. [4] He qualified MRCS and LSA after studying medicine at St Bartholomew's.[4]
Power served as Assistant Medical Officer and Medical Inspector for General Sanitary Purposes of the
Local Government Board.[4] The entomologist and lecturer of medicine,
John Arthur Power was an uncle.
In January 1900, Power was appointed
Chief Medical Officer of England, and served as such until 1908.