The Lindsay Society for the History of Dentistry, established in 1962, is a dynamic organisation dedicated to promoting research into the history of dentistry. The society is named after Lilian Lindsay (1871-1960), Britain’s first-qualified woman dentist and a leading dental historian. She became the BDA’s first female president in 1946.
The Lindsay Society aims to promote interest, study and research into the history of dentistry. It brings together members of the dental profession, historians and other interested people to research and discuss the history of dentists and dentistry.
Each year the society hosts the Lilian Lindsay Memorial Lecture at the BDA conference. It also organises a very friendly autumn conference with expert speakers from within and outside the profession.
Join the society
Membership of the Lindsay Society is open to all members of the British Dental Association, dental students and other interested persons – you don’t have to be a dentist to be a member! Overseas dentists and other interested persons are also welcome.
Membership subscriptions, due at the end of October are:
£22 UK members
£27 overseas members
To join please contact the Honorary Treasurer:
Dr P M Frost
178 Peckham Rye
London
SE22 9QA
Email Dr Frost
The society's journal, Dental Historian, is published twice-yearly and sent free to members of the Lindsay Society. Non-members wishing to purchase a single issue can do so by sending a cheque for £10 sterling made out to the Lindsay Society to the Distribution Manager, Dr G Garnett, Hey Barn, Back Lane, Newton-in-Bowland, Clitheroe, Lancs, BB7 3EE.
Lilian Lindsay Memorial Lecture
Return to this page later in the year to find out details of the 2011 lecture.
Annual Conference 2010
The Annual Lindsay Conference will take place at the Winchester Royal Hotel from Friday 1st to Sunday 3rd October 2010. Return to this page for further details.
Dental Historian
Dental Historian is the journal of the Lindsay Society for the History of Dentistry. Its contents are wide-ranging, to be of interest both to reserchers and general readers. It includes results of recent research, memories of the profession and other relevant information. The journal is usually published twice-yearly. It is free to members.
The January 2010 edition carries the following articles:
A short history of forensic dentisty by Howard Moody; E H Angle: a British perspective by Stuart Taylor; An homage to the first African-American dentists, by Xavier Riaud; Painted faces, Paintings for above by John Davenport; Great Ormond Street Hospital, its dental surgeons (1856 - 1946) and the Cartwright family by Stanley Gelbier; Army dentistry to the end of World War II by Bernard Spencer; National Service in the Royal Army Dental Corps: West Africa (1951-1953) by W A Barry Brown; 150 years of the Odontological Collection by Milly Farrell.
Submission of an article
Anyone with the results of historical research or a relevant story to tell is welcome to submit a paper for publication. If you would like to do please send them (ideally as an email attachment; otherwise on a disk or USB stick) to Professor S Gelbier, Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at UCL, 183 Euston Road, London NW1 2BE, UK. Email Professor Gelbier
Dental Historian is sent free to members of the Lindsay Society. Non-members wishing to purchase a single issue can do so by sending a cheque for £10 sterling made out to the Lindsay Society to the Distribution Manager, Dr G Garnett, Hey Barn, Back Lane, Newton-in-Bowland, Clitheroe, Lancs, BB7 3EE.
