Henry Gauvain

Sir Henry John Gauvain FRCS JP (28 November 1878 – 19 January 1945) was a British surgeon and tuberculosis specialist.[2]

Sir Henry Gauvain
Born
Henry John Gauvain

28 November 1878[1]
Alderney, Channel Islands
Died19 January 1945(1945-01-19) (aged 66)
Morland Hall, Alton, Hampshire, England

Gauvain was born on the island of Alderney, the son of William Gauvain and Catherine Margaret le Ber. He was educated at Trowbridge, King's College, London, St John's College, Cambridge and Barts Hospital in London.[3] In 1908, he became first medical superintendent of the Lord Mayor Treloar Cripples' Hospital and College, Alton, Hampshire, a position he held until his death. He was a great believer in the use of fresh air and sunlight in medicine.

Gauvain was a leading advocate of heliotherapy (sunlight therapy) in Britain.[4] He wrote the foreword to the first English translation of Auguste Rollier's book Heliotherapy.[4]

He was knighted in the 1920 New Year Honours for his services to the Lord Mayor Treloar Hospital.[5]

References
  1. Venn, John (2011). Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900. Cambridge University Press. p. 26. ISBN 9781108036139. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  2. "Obituary: Sir Henry Gauvain – Surgeon and Specialist in Tuberculosis". The Times. 20 January 1945. p. 7.
  3. "Gauvain, Henry John (GVN899HJ)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  4. Carter, Simon. (2007). Rise and Shine: Sunlight, Technology and Health. Berg. pp. 57-58. ISBN 1-84520-130-2
  5. "No. 31712". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 1919. p. 2.


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