Thomas Hawkes Tanner

[1] Tanner began medical studies at King's College London, in 1843, and graduated at St. Andrews University as doctor of medicine in 1847.

He was enrolled a member of the Royal College of Physicians in 1850, and set up in consulting practice.

[1] In 1860 the council of King's College London, decided to appoint two assistant physicians for the diseases of women and children.

[1] Tanner was a voluminous writer: his major work was A Manual of the Practice of Medicine (1854) which sold well in the United Kingdom and America.

The 7th edition as revised by Sir William Henry Broadbent was issued in 2 vols.