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Geoffrey Keynes

ジェフリー・キーンズ

Jefurī Kīnzu

Aliases: Sir Geoffrey Langdon Keynes

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1887-03-25 (Cambridge)
Died
1982-07-05 (Cambridge) age 95
Nationality
British
Languages
English
Residence History
Cambridge → London

Career

Occupations
surgeon, author, bibliographer
Active Years
1910-1982
Affiliations
St Bartholomew's Hospital, Royal Air Force
Influenced By
Rupert Brooke
Influenced
Bernard Fisher, William Blake scholars

Education

Rugby School
Country: England
Pembroke College, Cambridge
Natural Sciences / Natural Sciences Tripos
Degree: 一級優等
Country: England
Honorary Fellow
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Degree: 外科医資格
Country: England

Awards

Knighthood
1955
Category: 医学への貢献
Organization: British Government
Result: 受賞
James Tait Black Memorial Prize
1966
Work: The Life of William Harvey
Category: 伝記部門
Organization: University of Edinburgh
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Blood Transfusion

1922 Medical book

The first book on blood transfusion written by a British author, based on WWI experience.

Blood transfusionWar medicine

A Bibliography of William Blake

1921 Bibliography

Leading bibliographical study on William Blake's literary and artistic works.

William BlakeBibliography

The Gates of Memory

1981 Autobiography

Autobiography including anecdotes of friendships with famous figures.

AutobiographyLiteratureMedicine

Bibliography

  • A Bibliography of Dr. John Donne
  • A Bibliography of William Blake
  • Blood Transfusion
  • A Bibliography of Sir Thomas Browne
  • The Life of William Harvey

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Bibliographical precisionAuthority on Blake
Recurring Motifs
William BlakeWilliam HarveyBlood transfusion and breast cancer surgery

Legacy

Keynes profoundly influenced surgery and English literature. Pioneered limited breast cancer surgery with radiation. Instrumental in establishing Blake centrally in English art and literature history.

Archives

  • University of Cambridge

Trivia

  • Brother of economist John Maynard Keynes.
  • Married Margaret Elizabeth Darwin, granddaughter of Charles Darwin.
  • Performed life-saving treatment on Virginia Woolf after overdose.
  • Literary executor for Rupert Brooke.