# Ralph Stockman
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{{Short description|Scottish professor}}
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{{Infobox scientist
| name = Ralph Stockman
| image = Ralph Stockmann. Photograph by T. & R. Annan & Sons Ltd. Wellcome M0014895.jpg
| image_size = 200px
| caption = Photograph by T. & R. Annan & Sons Ltd.
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1861|8|3|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [Leith](/source/Leith), [Scotland](/source/Scotland)
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1946|2|27|1861|8|3|df=yes}}
| death_place = [Glasgow](/source/Glasgow), [Scotland](/source/Scotland)
| fields = Materia Medica, Therapeutics
| workplaces = [University of Glasgow](/source/University_of_Glasgow), [Glasgow Western Infirmary](/source/Glasgow_Western_Infirmary)
| education =
* [Royal High School, Edinburgh](/source/Royal_High_School%2C_Edinburgh)
* [University of Edinburgh](/source/University_of_Edinburgh) (MB ChB, MD)
* Postgraduate studies in [Vienna](/source/Vienna) and [Strasbourg](/source/Strasbourg)
| known_for = Research on iron deficiency anaemia
| honors =
* Fellow of the [Royal Society of Edinburgh](/source/Royal_Society_of_Edinburgh) (1888)
* Member of the [Harveian Society of Edinburgh](/source/Harveian_Society_of_Edinburgh) (1892)
* Member of the [Aesculapian Club](/source/Aesculapian_Club) (1928)
* Honorary LLD, [University of Glasgow](/source/University_of_Glasgow) (1936)
}}
'''Ralph Stockman''' (3 August 1861–27 February 1946) was a Scottish [Professor of Materia Medica and Therapeutics](/source/Regius_Professor_of_Medicine_and_Therapeutics) at the [University of Glasgow](/source/University_of_Glasgow). He was an expert on iron deficiency anaemia.
==Life==
Stockman was born on 3 August 1861 at Wellington Street in [Leith](/source/Leith) the son of William J. Stockman.[Edinburgh and Leith Post Office Directory 1861] The family moved to 2 Bonnington Place in his youth, soon after the birth of his younger brother, [Stewart Stockman](/source/Stewart_Stockman).[Edinburgh and Leith Post Office Directory 1870]
Ralph was educated at the [Royal High School](/source/Royal_High_School%2C_Edinburgh) in [Edinburgh](/source/Edinburgh) then studied medicine at the [University of Edinburgh](/source/University_of_Edinburgh) graduating with a [MB ChB](/source/Bachelor_of_Medicine%2C_Bachelor_of_Surgery) in 1882. He then did postgraduate studies at both [Vienna](/source/Vienna) and [Strasbourg](/source/Strasbourg) before returning to Edinburgh to obtain his doctorate (MD) in 1886.[{{Cite web|url=https://universitystory.gla.ac.uk/biography/?id=WH0248&type=P|title=University of Glasgow :: Story :: Biography of Ralph Stockman|website=universitystory.gla.ac.uk|access-date=2019-05-16}}] He then moved to Glasgow to work at the [Glasgow Western Infirmary](/source/Western_Infirmary) and lecture at the University of Glasgow. In 1897 he was given a professorship.
In 1888 he was elected a Fellow of the [Royal Society of Edinburgh](/source/Royal_Society_of_Edinburgh). His proposers were [Sir Andrew Douglas Maclagan](/source/Andrew_Douglas_Maclagan), [Alexander Crum Brown](/source/Alexander_Crum_Brown), [Sir German Sims Woodhead](/source/German_Sims_Woodhead), and [Sir Thomas Richard Fraser](/source/Thomas_Richard_Fraser). In 1892 he was elected a member of the [Harveian Society of Edinburgh](/source/Harveian_Society_of_Edinburgh)[{{Cite book|title=Minute Books of the Harveian Society|url=http://archives.rcpe.ac.uk/calmView/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=DEP%2fHAR%2f1%2f1%2f1&pos=17|location= Library of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh}}][{{Cite book|url=https://wellcomecollection.org/works/ww4e59xv|title= A Record of the Edinburgh Harveian Society|last=Watson Wemyss|first=Herbert Lindesay|publisher=T&A Constable, Edinburgh|year=1933|language=en}}] and in 1928 he was elected a member of the [Aesculapian Club](/source/Aesculapian_Club).[{{Cite book|title=Minute Books of the Aesculapian Club|url=http://archives.rcpe.ac.uk/calmView/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=DEP%2fAEC%2f1&pos=2|location= Library of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh}}] In 1936 the University of Glasgow awarded him an honorary doctorate (LLD).[{{cite book|title=Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002|date=July 2006|publisher=The Royal Society of Edinburgh|isbn=0-902-198-84-X|url=https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp2.pdf|archive-date=4 March 2016|access-date=4 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304074135/https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp2.pdf|url-status=dead}}]
In later life he lived at 16 Newton Terrace, a side street near [Sauchiehall Street](/source/Sauchiehall_Street), in central [Glasgow](/source/Glasgow).[Glasgow Post Office Directory 1910]
He retired in 1936 and died on 27 February 1946.
==Publications==
*''Report on Coca Alkoloids'' (1889)
*''Pharmacology of Morphine and its Derivatives'' (1890)
*''Ingestion and Excretion of Iron in Health'' (1897)
*''The Action of Arsenic on Bone Marrow and Blood'' (1898)
*''Inflammarory Hyperplasia'' (1904)
*''Rheumatism and Arthritis'' (1920)
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