Arthur Ham

Arthur Ham

Arthur Worth Ham (20 February 1902 – 6 September 1992) was a prominent Canadian histologist. His textbook "Histology" is considered by many practitioners an indispensable reference.

Early life and education

Ham's early education came through Brantford Collegiate Institute and Vocational School. He followed with a medical degree (MB) from the University of Toronto which he completed in 1927. In 1925, Ham married Dorothy Carlotta Ross.

While interning at the Wellesley Hospital, Ham was also pursuing an active tennis career. From 1926 to 1928, he played for Canada's Davis Cup team.

Histology

In the early 1930s, Ham published his first series of major papers on the formation, maintenance, and destruction of bone within the body. The study of bone would be a theme to which Ham would return throughout his career.

The first edition of Ham's seminal histology text–titled simply "Histology"–was published in 1950.

Late career

In 1951, Ham was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.

Along with Harold E. Johns, Ham played a key role in the formation of the Department of Medical Biophysics at the University of Toronto. He served as the Department's first chair, from 1958 to 1960.

Within the Department of Anatomy, Ham assumed the Chair in 1965.Ham was married in 1981 to Lotta Dempsey Fisher, following the death of his first wife. Ham was widowed once again in 1988.

The ninth edition of "Histology"–known almost universally as "Ham's Histology"– was published in 1987.

References

*Ham, A.W. and Ainsworth, M.D. Doctor in the making : the art of being a medical student. Philadelphia: Lippincott 1943.
*Ham, A.W. and Cormack, D.H. Ham's Histology, 9th ed.. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1987.

External links

* [http://www.rsc.ca/files/publications/proceedings/2002/proceedings_2002-part2obits.pdf Obituary] from the Royal Society of Canada (PDF)


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