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CodeDS/UK/1734
NameWells; Sir; Sydney Russell- (1869-1924); British physician, MP
Dates1869-1924
GenderMale
BiographySydney Russell-Wells, Kt, FRCP (25 September 1869– 14 July 1924) was a physician and British Member of Parliament for London University from 1922 until 1924, sitting as a Unionist.

He was born in London and attended Dorset County School. He graduated from University College London with a BSc in 1889 and then studied medicine at St George's Hospital. There he was House Surgeon, House Physician and Registrar. He was then physician at the Seaman's Hospital, Greenwich and later at the National Hospital for Diseases of the Heart. He was Vice Chancellor of the University of London from 1919-1922.

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