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Henderson, David Kennedy, Sir

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Dates

  • Usage: 1884 - 1965
  • Usage: 1884 - 1965
  • Usage: 1884 - 1965
  • Usage: 1884 - 1965
  • Usage: 1884 - 1965
  • Usage: 1884 - 1965
  • Usage: 1884 - 1965
  • Usage: 1884 - 1965
  • Usage: 1884 - 1965
  • Usage: 1884 - 1965
  • Usage: 1884 - 1965
  • Usage: 1884 - 1965
  • Usage: 1884 - 1965
  • Usage: 1884 - 1965
  • Usage: 1884 - 1965
  • Usage: 1884 - 1965
  • Usage: 1884 - 1965
  • Usage: 1884 - 1965
  • Usage: 1884 - 1965
  • Usage: 1884 - 1965
  • Usage: 1884 - 1965
  • Usage: 1884 - 1965
  • Usage: 1884 - 1965
  • Usage: 1884 - 1965
  • Usage: 1884 - 1965
  • Usage: 1884 - 1965
  • Usage: 1884 - 1965
  • Usage: 1884 - 1965
  • Usage: 1884 - 1965
  • Usage: 1884 - 1965
  • Usage: 1884 - 1965
  • Usage: 1884 - 1965

Biography

David Henderson was born in Dumfries, Scotland, where his father, John Henderson, was a lawyer. His mother was Agnes, daughter of James Davidson, a merchant. He was educated at Dumfries Academy, the Royal High School, Edinburgh, and the University of Edinburgh. In preparation for his chosen work he spent eight years in post-graduate study, in succession under Sir Thomas Clouston at the Royal Edinburgh Hospital, Alexander Bruce in Edinburgh, Adolf Meyer in New York, Kraepelin and Alzheimer in Munich, Mott in the London County Council Pathological Laboratory, and again with Adolf Meyer, this time at the Phipps Psychological Clinic of the Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore.

After service in France as a psychiatric specialist with the Royal Army Medical Corps, he was appointed in 1918 senior assistant to the Glasgow Royal Asylum, Gartnavel. In 1921 he became physician superintendent to the Glasgow Royal Asylum, Gartnavel, and lecturer in mental diseases at the University of Glasgow; there he remained until 1932 when he was appointed physician superintendent of the Royal Edinburgh Hospital for Nervous and Mental Disorders and professor of psychiatry at the University of Edinburgh. He held both appointments until his retirement in 1954.