Person

Underwood, E. Ashworth

1899–1980

Dr. E. Ashworth Underwood (1899-1980); Edgar Ashworth Underwood was bom in Dumfries on 9 March 1899; In 1936 he obtained his M.D.; From the early thirties Underwood’s increasing devotion to the history of medicine became apparent ... with his appointment as Director of the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and Library from January 1946, the history of medicine became his full-time occupation; He died at his home at Walton-on-Thames on 6 March 1980, only three days before his 81st birthday)