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'''Professor Sir {{FULLPAGENAME}}''', M.D., F.R.C.P., ({{LifeData |birth=1892-03-19 |birthplace= |birthcountry= |death=1954-05-26}}) was a prominent British paediatrician in the early twentieth century.
He established his practice at Newcastle upon Tyne where he developed an interest in social paediatrics, which included interests in providing adequate nutrition to children in poor families and support for [[breastfeeding]].<ref name="spence1938">{{REFjournal
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|DOI=10.1136/bmj.2.4057.729
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}}</ref> and in providing adequate nutrition to children in poor families.<ref name="spence1940">{{REFjournal
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|title=The Feeding of Children
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