Sir frederick treves mini biography of esopo

British surgeon and writer (1853–1923)

Sir Frederick Treves, 1st Baronet, GCVO, CH, CB, FRCS, KStJ (15 February 1853 – 7 December 1923) was a prominent British surgeon, and an expert in anatomy.

Treves was renowned for his surgical treatment of appendicitis, and is credited with saving the life of King Edward VII in 1902.^[1] He is also widely known for his friendship with Joseph Merrick, dubbed the "Elephant Man" for his severe deformities.^[2]

Life and career

Frederick Treves was born on 15 February 1853 in Dorchester, Dorset, the son of William Treves, an upholsterer, of a family of Dorset yeomen.^[3] and his wife, Jane (née Knight).^[4] As a small boy, he attended the school run by the Dorset dialect poet William Barnes, and later the Merchant Taylors' School and London Hospital Medical College.

He passed the membership examinations for the Royal College of Surg