Sir John Broadbent, 2nd Baronet

Sir John Francis Harpin Broadbent, 2nd Baronet FRCP (16 October 1865 – 21 January 1946)[1] was an English physician at St Mary's Hospital, London.[1]

He was the elder son of the neurologist Sir William Henry Broadbent, 1st Baronet and his wife Eliza née Harpin.[1] John was educated at Rugby School and Hertford College, Oxford.[1] He entered St. Mary's Hospital while his father was still an active staff member.[2] He was dean of the Medical School from 1910 to 1920.[1] In 1908 he was secretary of the Section of Medicine at the Sheffield Meeting of the British Medical Association.[2]

With his father William, John wrote Heart Disease and Aneurism of the Aorta in 1897,[1] fourth edition in 1906.[2]

He contributed the Rheumatism and Heart articles for the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.