James Hogarth Pringle

George (1830–72) and his son James Hogarth (1863–1941) Pringle: unsung surgical pioneers

“…As for James Hogarth Pringle, other authors have suggested it may have been because he tended to work alone. 3 Of the 54 papers he wrote between 1887 and 1940, only two, one of these his last, had an additional author. One obituary 11 describes ‘a certain austerity of manner’ and a ‘lack of the gift of fluency in public speech and writing’ while another 10 talks of ‘a rather abrupt manner and a fierce expression’.…”

“…His father James Hall Pringle (1801–73) was a tenant farmer at Hyndlee in the Scottish Borders, a farm described in Walter Scott's novel ‘Guy Mannering’. Other authors 1–3 have suggested that George's mother Mary Hogarth (1803– 50) was related to William Hogarth (1697–1764) the artist and to Charles Dickens (1812–70). Examination of the relevant birth and death certificates 4 does not reveal any obvious relationship to either.…”