Francis Mark Farmer

He was born at Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland, in 1866.^[4] His family later moved to Chelsea where in 1881 he was in an apprenticeship with a dentist.^[5] He qualified in 1894 after studying at the National Dental Hospital and at Middlesex Hospital. He was Dental Surgeon to St. Edward's School, Totteridge, and to St. Hilda's Home for Waifs and Strays.^[6]

His work on facial reconstruction^[7] in the Boer War was recognised in 1902 by the Secretary for War with a silver service.^[1]

He had an office at 17, Great Marlborough Street^[8] and later at 53, Wimpole Street, London.^[9] In 1911 he was a founder member of the London Dental School.^[10][11] The Dental School of the London Hospital Medical College opened in 1911 to provide specialised treatment to patients and training and research opportunities. Surgeon Dentists had been appointed by the Hospital from 1857, and a Dental Department established.^{[citation needed]}

He worked at Queen Alexandra Military Hospital, Millbank, which was a major hospital for jaw injuries. He was appointed consulting dental surgeon to the London Hospital in 1899 and to the Queen's Facial Hospital, Sidcup. At the Queen's Hospital, Sidcup, he worked alongside Sir Harold Gillies.^[12] He was knighted in the 1916 Birthday Honours for his services in World War I.^[13][14][15] He served from 1917 in the Royal Army Medical Corps as a temporary Honorary Major.^[16][17] In 1900 he donated his dental collection to the London Hospital.

He was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine, the British Dental Association and the British Society for the Study of Orthodontics.