John W. L. Spence

John Webster Lowson Spence MD LRCP LRCS (11 August 1870-15 March 1930) was a Scottish x-ray pioneer and an early victim of radiation poisoning. His name is one of 14 British professionals listed on the Monument to the X-ray and Radium Martyrs of All Nations, which was erected in 1936. In the words of his gravestone: he died that others might live.

John W. L. Spence

John Webster Lowson Spence MD LRCP LRCS (11 August 1870-15 March 1930) was a Scottish x-ray pioneer and an early victim of radiation poisoning. His name is one of 14 British professionals listed on the Monument to the X-ray and Radium Martyrs of All Nations, which was erected in 1936. In the words of his gravestone: he died that others might live.