Arthur Mayo-Robson


Sir Arthur William Mayo-Robson , also written as Mayo Robson, was an English surgeon. He was president of the British Gynaecological Society.

Biography

Arthur William Robson was born in Filey as the son of John Bonnington Robson, a chemist. He added Mayo to his surname later, as an adult. He attended Wesley College in Sheffield and then Leeds School of Medicine. In 1874 he was accepted as Member of the Royal College of Surgeons. In 1876 he started lecturing at Leeds, and in 1884 became a surgeon with the General Infirmary. From 1890 to 1899 he held a position of Professor of Surgery at Yorkshire College of the Victoria University, the predecessor of the University of Leeds. In 1902 he resigned from his positions at Leeds and moved to London.
During World War I Mayo-Robson served in France, Turkey and Egypt, reaching the rank of Colonel with the Army Medical Service. He was knighted in 1908, became Companion of the Royal Victorian Order in 1911, Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1916, and Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1919. After returning from Egypt, he settled in Seale, Surrey.
In 1883 Mayo-Robson married Florence, a daughter of William Walker from Leeds, and had three daughters with her. He remarried in 1932, soon after the death of his first wife in 1930.

Work

Mayo-Robson wrote several books:
He was a pioneer in biliary surgery and orthopaedics. Two anatomic terms carry his name: the Mayo-Robson point and Mayo-Robson's position.