Walter John Kilner came from a conventional medical family. His father and younger brother were also doctors.
He studied medicine at Cambridge University and St. Thomas's Hospital, London. He took his BA in 1870, his MRCS and LSA in 1871 and his MB in 1872.
From 1879 to about 1893 he was in charge of electro-therapy at St. Thomas's and wrote many papers.
He became a member of the Royal College of Physicians in 1883. He had a private practice at Ladbroke Grove, London, then a fashionable neighbourhood. In his spare time, he was a keen and brilliant chess player.Walter John Kilner came from a conventional medical family. His father and younger brother were also doctors.
He studied medicine at Cambridge University and St. Thomas's Hospital, London. He took his BA in 1870, his MRCS and LSA in 1871 and his MB in 1872.
From 1879 to about 1893 he was in charge of electro-therapy at St. Thomas's and wrote many papers.
He became a member of the Royal College of Physicians in 1883. He had a private practice at Ladbroke Grove, London, then a fashionable neighbourhood. In his spare time, he was a keen and brilliant chess player....more
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