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{{Construction Site}}Professor Sir '''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''', M.C., {{MD}}, {{DSc}}, {{FRCP}}, ({{LifeData |birth=1892-03-19 |birthplace=Amble, Northumberland |birthcountry=[[United Kingdom]] |death=1954-05-26}}) was a prominent British paediatrician in the early twentieth century.

Spence was a founding member of the British Paediatric Association (later known as the [https://www.rcpch.ac.uk/ Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health]) in 1928.

|title=On The modern decline of breastfeeding |trans-title= |language= |journal=Br Med J |location= |date=1938-10-08 |volume=2 |issue=4057 |pages=729-33 |url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2210420/pdf/brmedj04218-0002.pdf |archived= |quote= |pubmedID=20781788 |pubmedCID= |DOI=10.1136/bmj.2.4057.729 |format=PDF |accessdate=2023-07-11}}* {{REFjournal |last=Spence |first= |init=JC |author-link=James Calvert Spence |etal=no |title=Spence on circumcision

The Crown His Majesty, King George VI, recognised his contributions with a knighthood in 19551950.<ref>{{REFweb |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1950_Birthday_Honours |title=1950 birthday Honours |last= |first= |init= |publisher=Wikipedia |date= |accessdate=2023-03-28}}</ref> The British Paediatric Association created the James Spence Medal, which is awarded annually since 1960 for "outstanding contributions to the advancement or clarification of paediatric knowledge."<ref name="spence">{{REFjournal |last= |first= |title=The James Spence Medal |journal=Archives of Disease in Childhood |volume=52 |issue=2 |pages=85–86 |url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1546185/pdf/archdisch00820-0007.pdf |quote= |pubmedID= |pubmedCID=1546185 |DOI=10.1136/adc.52.2.85 |date=1977 |accessdate=2023-03-27}}</ref> The [https://www.jcsc.co.uk/ James Calvert Spence College] in Amble, Northumberland, actually a co-educational secondary school, was named in his honour. ==Death==Spence had an extended illness which led to his death at age 62 on 26 May 1954.<ref>{{REFjournal |last=Anonymous |first= |init= |author-link= |etal=no |title=Sir James Spence obituary |trans-title= |language= |journal=Indian Journal of Pediatrics |location= |date=1954-07 |volume=21 |page=193 |url=https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/BF02819908.pdf |accessdate=2023-03-27}}</ref>{{SEEALSO}}* [[United Kingdom]]