Key Points
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The first purpose built dental school and hospital in Leeds was opened on 26 March 1928.
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Professor T. Talmage Read was appointed warden in 1931 and served for 28 years.
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Professor F.E. Hopper, Dean from 1959–1985, played a major role in the development of a new dental and medical school building in Leeds, opened on 23 March 1979.
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Thank you very much for inviting me to give the Talmage Read Lecture, on the occasion of the centenary of the founding of the Leeds Dental School and Hospital. Professor Read obviously had a major impact on the Leeds Dental School. (Fig. 1)
Professor T.Talmage Read, Warden 1931–1959.
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The help of the following in the preparation of the lecture and subsequent article is greatly appreciated: BDA Library, Robin Basker, Martin Curzon, Althea Laycock, Lilias Odell, Leeds Reference Library, Angus Robertson, Alan Senior, Alan Stanley, Colin Sullivan, Yorkshire Post Archive.
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Murray, J. The 2004 Talmage Read Lecture: 'One hundred years of dental education in Leeds' Given on 16 October 2004, Leeds Dental Institute, University of Leeds. Br Dent J 199, 165–172 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bdj.4812578
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