Thom's Irish Who's Who/Whitla, Sir William

WHITLA, Sir William, Knt. (1902), M.A., M.D. Queen's University with highest honours, gold medal and special commendation; M.A Royal University (Hon. Causa); LL.D Glasgow Univ. (Hon. Causa): M.D, T.C.D. (Hon. Causa); D.Sc. (Q.U B.) Hon. Causa; Diploma and Medal (1st Class per meriti scientifici), Academy of Palermo; (M.P. for Queen's University, Belfast, from 1918); Hon. Physician to H.M. King George V. in Ireland; Hon. Member Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain; late President of Ulster Medical Society, 1886 and 1902; President N. I. Branch British Medical Assocn.; President of Irish Medical Association, 1901; President of the British Medical Association, 1909-10; Pres. Irish Graduates' Assocn. (London), 1905; Emeritus Prof, of Materia Medica, Queen's Univ.; Consulting Physician Royal Victoria Hospital; Consulting Physician to various institutions and hospitals: Member of the Senate Queen's University of Belfast: late Senator of Royal University and Examiner in Victoria, Glasgow, Cambridge, and Royal Universities; Orator, London Medical Society, 1913; Author of work on "Materia Medica" (ten editions), "Dictionary of Treatment," 6th edition, and 5th edition in Chinese language; Theory and Practice of Medicine, 2 vols., 1908; son of R. Whitla, Monaghau; b. 1851; m. Ada, dau. of George Bourne, Draconage, Staffordshire; J.P. Co. Antrim. Res.: Lenuoxvale House, Belfast. St. Stephen's Club, Westminster, S.W.