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Joseph Lister OM PC PRS (1827 - 1912)

SirJoseph"1st Baron Lister"ListerOM PC PRS

Born in Upton, Essex, England
Ancestors

Son of Joseph Jackson Lister FRS FRMS and Isabella (Harris) Lister

Brother of Mary (Lister) Godlee, Isabella Sophia (Lister) Pim, Arthur Lister and Jane (Lister) Harrison

Died at age 84in Walmer, Kent, England

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Known as the 'father of modern surgery'.

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    • Introduced carbolic acid (phenol) and the importance of antiseptics in surgery.

    Biography

    Joseph Lister OM PC PRS is Notable.

    Joseph Lister was born on 5 April 1827 in Upton, Essex, England to Joseph Jackson Lister and Isabella Harris.

    [1][2] He was the second son of six children; his family were Quakers. His father was known as a 'gentleman scientist' - he perfected the compound microscope and was elected to the Royal Society in 1832, when his son Joseph was five.

    His mother had worked at a Qu