Megaw , Sir , John Wallace Dick , 1874-1958 , Knight , physician and tropical medicine specialist

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Megaw , Sir , John Wallace Dick , 1874-1958 , Knight , physician and tropical medicine specialist

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        John Wallace Dick Megaw was born in 1874 and qualified at the Royal University of Ireland in 1899. In 1900 he joined the Indian Medical Service. By 1914 he was professor of pathology and principal of Lucknow College and in 1921 became the first Director of the Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine; in 1930 he became Director-General of the Indian Medical Service. He retired in 1939 and died in 1958.

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