Alexander Wynter Blyth (1844-1921)
A Pioneering and Innovative Public Analyst

D. Thorburn Burns
The Science Library, The Queen’s University of Belfast, Belfast, BT 9 5EQ, Northern Ireland

Summary

Alexander Wynter Blyth, the son of a medical practitioner of Woolwich (South East London) was born August 29th. 1844. He was educated for the medical profession at King’s College, London, where he showed his early interest in chemistry. He graduated in 1870 and the same year obtained Membership of the Royal College of Surgeons. Later, he studied law and was called to the Bar as a member of Lincoln’s Inn. In 1878 he was appointed Public Analyst for Totnes, and subsequently for the County of Devon, in 1879 for Tiverton, and in 1882 Medical Officer of Health and Public Analyst for the London borough of St. Marylebone. He occupied the dual post at St. Marylebone for 30 years, then resigned the medical portion but remained their Public Analyst until his death, at the age of 76.

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