James Niven
James Niven was a Scottish physician most famous for his work during the Spanish Flu outbreak in 1918 as Manchesters Medical Officer of Health. He held the position foryears , until he retired. He held the degrees of M.A., M.B. and LL.D. He had been Oldhams Medical Officer of Health from 1886 to 1894. He lectured in Hygiene at Owens College, Manchester. In 1925 he committed suicide.
He was born in Peterhead onAugust 1851. He graduated with an MA from the University of Aberdeen in 1870 and continued his studies at Queens College, Cambridge, gaining his BA in 1874 as 8th Wrangler in the Mathematical Tripos and becoming a fellow at Queens. He trained at St Thomas Hospital, finally becoming a qualified medical practitioner in 1899.
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