Sir Francis Richard Fraser (February 14, 1885 - October 2, 1964) was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, to Sir Thomas Richard Fraser, the Professor of Materia Medica at the University of Edinburgh and member of the Royal Society, and Susanna Margaret Duncan. Events 842 - Charles the Bald and Louis the German swear the Oaths of Strasbourg in the French and German Year 1885 ( MDCCCLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1187 - Siege of Jerusalem: Saladin captures Jerusalem after 88 years of Crusader rule Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. The University of Edinburgh (Oilthigh Dhùn Èideann founded in 1582 is a renowned centre for teaching and research in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. The Royal Society of London for the Improvement of Natural Knowledge, known simply as The Royal Society, is a Learned society for science that was founded in 1660 After attending Edinburgh Academy and Christ's College at Cambridge University, Fraser received his medical training from the University of Edinburgh. The Edinburgh Academy is an Independent school. It is self-governed and financed though it remains subject to inspection by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Education The University of Cambridge (often Cambridge University) located in Cambridge, England, is the second-oldest university in the The University of Edinburgh (Oilthigh Dhùn Èideann founded in 1582 is a renowned centre for teaching and research in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. He interned at the Royal Infirmary and the Hospital for Sick Children, both in Edinburgh. The Hospital for Sick Children, also known as SickKids, is a world-renowned Children's hospital in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. By chance, due to an illness of his father's, Fraser was asked to host a dinner in honor of Abraham Flexner. Abraham Flexner ( November 13 1866, Louisville Kentucky - September 21 1959) was an American educator Flexner convinced Fraser to go to the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research in the United States for his postgraduate work. The Rockefeller University is a private University which focuses primarily on basic research in the biomedical fields and offers graduate and postgraduate education
While in the United States, Fraser worked on poliomyelitis and electrocardiographs with Rufus Cole, Simon Flexner and Alfred E. Poliomyelitis, often called polio or infantile paralysis, is an acute viral Infectious disease spread from person to person primarily via Simon Flexner ( March 25, 1863 in Louisville Kentucky &ndash May 2, 1946) was a Physician, administrator and Professor Cohn at the Rockefeller. He then went on to work with W. T. Longcope at Presbyterian Hospital. When World War I broke out, Fraser joined up with the Harvard Unit and returned to England. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All
In 1920 Fraser became Assistant Director of the Medical Unit at Saint Bartholomew's Hospital in London. St Bartholomew's Hospital, also known as Barts, is a hospital in Smithfield in the City of London, England. When Archibald Garrod left the position of Director later that year to go to Oxford, Fraser was appointed to it. Sir Archibald Edward Garrod was an English Physician who pioneered the field of inborn errors of metabolism. He remained at St. Bart's until 1934 when he was asked to become the first Professor of Medicine at the Postgraduate Medical School at Hammersmith Hospital. Hammersmith Hospital is a major Teaching hospital in West London. In 1939 Fraser was asked to join the Emergency Medical Services and soon was appointed Director General. Emergency medical services (abbreviated to the initialism "EMS" in many countries are a branch of Emergency services dedicated to providing out-of-hospital For his work with the EMS and Hammersmith, Fraser was knighted in 1944.
At the close of World War II Fraser resigned from Hammersmith to undertake the establishment of a British Postgraduate Medical Federation as its first Director. The Federation loosely joined and established postgraduate medical schools and institutes in the London area. In 1960 Fraser retired from academic life.
In 1919 Fraser married Mary Claudine Stirling Fraser, daughter of Colin Dunlop Donald and widow of Captain John Alexander Fraser, Francis Fraser's first cousin. Mary Claudine had two daughters from the previous marriage, Alexandra Mary Agnes and Margaret Stirling, and with Francis Fraser had one son, Peter Basil Fraser.
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