Thomas Coke Squance

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Thomas Coke Squance FRCS FRSE FSA Scot (1852–1923) was a 19th- and 20th-century British pathologist, antiquarian and naturalist.

Life

Squance was born at Bishopwearmouth, then in County Durham in 1852.1881 census: Durham He was the eldest son of Thomas Coke Squance, a bank manager from Frome and his wife, Elizabeth Salisbury Harrison. His father founded T. C. Squance & Sons in Durham in 1870.The Auditors Talk: Derek Matthews

He was educated locally, then studied medicine at Durham University. He underwent practical training at St. Thomas's Hospital, London and gained his doctorate (MD) in 1877. He spent his career in Sunderland. He was Consulting Physician to Sunderland Royal Infirmary, Medical Officer of Health to Sunderland Rural District Council and Surgeon to Sunderland Women's and Children's Hospital.

He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1906. His proposers for the latter were Sir Thomas Oliver, Robert Hoden, Sir Byrom Bramwell, and Nicholas Henry Martin.{{cite book|title=Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002|date=July 2006|publisher=The Royal Society of Edinburgh|isbn=0-902-198-84-X|url=https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp2.pdf|access-date=2018-08-18|archive-date=2016-03-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304074135/https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp2.pdf|url-status=dead}}

From 1910 to 1914 he was President of the Sunderland Antiquarian Society.{{cite web |url=https://www.sunderlandecho.com/news/forced-to-close-1-1140362 |title=Forced to close - Sunderland Echo |website=www.sunderlandecho.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180819010857/https://www.sunderlandecho.com/news/forced-to-close-1-1140362 |archive-date=2018-08-19}}

He died on 29 May 1923.

Family

In 1880 he married Eleanor Vint, daughter of James Vint.

Publications

  • Selections of Thomas Coke Squance (1899).{{Cite book | url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Selections-Thomas-Coke-Squance/dp/B005WA4ES2 | title=Amazon.co.uk | via=Amazon UK | date=January 1899 }}

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