Thomas David Lister
Thomas David Lister CBE FRCS was a British physician, surgeon, paediatrician, and expert on tuberculosis and the medical aspects of life assurance.
Lister was born in London, the son of Francis Wilson Lister and his wife Elizabeth. He was educated at Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School and trained as a doctor at Guy's Hospital, graduating Doctor of Medicine in 1894. He became a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons the same year and a Member of the Royal College of Physicians in 1900. He worked as house surgeon at Guy's from 1893 to 1894 and pathologist at the East London Hospital for Children from 1897 to 1900. He later became physician to the Mount Vernon Hospital for Consumption and the Royal Waterloo Hospital for Children. He was consulting physician for chest cases to the Prince of Wales’ Hospital for Officers from 1917 to 1919 and as a member of and honorary advisory physician to the council of the National Association for Establishment and Maintenance of Sanatoria for Workers suffering from Tuberculosis was responsible for drawing up the plans for Benenden Sanatorium.
Lister was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in January 1920 for his work in the First World War. He married Louise Edna Bertha Ritter.Footnotes
