Henry Naunton Davies (1827 – 1899) was a Welsh physician, best known for his rescue efforts during the 1877 Tynewydd Colliery disaster.[1][2] He was the first to receive the BMA Gold Medal.[3]
Davies had sixteen years experience as a miner and strove tirelessly throughout his life to improve the health of the mining community. He was also a highly respected Justice of the Peace, a Liberal and a devout Christian.[4]
References
edit- ^ Roberts, Shirley (August 2003). "Henry Naunton Davies (1827–1899): A Devoted Family Doctor and a Brave Rescuer". Journal of Medical Biography. 11 (3): 163–166. doi:10.1177/096777200301100311. ISSN 0967-7720. PMID 12870041. S2CID 41637382.
- ^ Griffiths, Richard (2010). The Entrepreneurial Society of the Rhondda Valleys, 1840-1920: Power and Influence in the Porth-Pontypridd Region. Cardiff: University of Wales Press. p. 81. ISBN 978-0-7083-2290-1.
- ^ Jones, PA (24 December 1977). "The first BMA Gold Medal". British Medical Journal. 2 (6103): 1658–60. doi:10.1136/bmj.2.6103.1658. PMC 1633320. PMID 338122.
- ^ http://www.risw.org/events-and-activities.htm?id=77
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