John Hanby OBE

John Horace Hanby was born in Leeds in 1892. He attended the School of Chiropody at the London Foot Hospital and qualifed in 1920. The 1921 census listed him working at Harrods as a chiropodist. In 1935 he was appointed chiropodist to Guy's Hospital. He was also twice superintendent of the London Foot Hospital.

His Presidency of the Incorporated Society began in 1935 and he was the first President of the Society of Chiropodists which was formed in 1945.

In 1949 he co-authored the seminal text Principles of Chiropody with H E Walker.

He was awarded an OBE in 1963 and died in 1971.