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E000349 - Nixon, John Moylett Gerrard (1913 - 2005)
Title:
Nixon, John Moylett Gerrard (1913 - 2005)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E000349
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2007-05-10
Description:
Obituary for Nixon, John Moylett Gerrard (1913 - 2005), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Nixon, John Moylett Gerrard
Date of Birth:
18 October 1913
Place of Birth:
London, UK
Date of Death:
8 April 2005
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS and FRCS 1948

MB BCh BAO Dublin 1937

DOMS Eng 1946

LRCP 1948
Details:
John Nixon was a consultant ophthalmologist in Dorset. He was born in London on 18 October 1913, the son of Joseph Wells Nixon, a grocer, and Ellen Theresa née Moylett, and educated at Cardinal Vaughan School, Holland Park, London, Presentation College Bray in County Wicklow, Blackrock College in Dublin and Clongowes Wood College, County Kildare. His medical training and his house jobs were at Trinity College Dublin, where he qualified in 1937. He held junior posts at Kent and Canterbury Hospital, Croydon General and Oldchurch hospitals. He served throughout the Second World War in the Navy, mainly on convoy work, particularly to north Russia and Malta. Following his demobilisation he trained as an ophthalmologist. Interestingly he was the last house surgeon at the Tite Street branch of Moorfields just before the introduction of the National Health Service. After working as ophthalmic registrar at Maidenhead Hospital he was appointed consultant ophthalmologist at Weymouth and this service included clinics at Dorchester, Bridport and Sherborne. He was considered by his colleagues to be a ‘magnificent medical ophthalmologist’. He married Hilary Anne née Paterson in 1943. Sadly she died of a cerebral tumour. His second wife was Ione Mary née Stoneham. He had six children, three from each marriage, Patrick Michael, Hilary Anne, Peter John, Monica, Paula and Andrew. John Nixon died at the age of 92 on 8 April 2005.
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Copyright (c) The Royal College of Surgeons of England
Collection:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
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Obituary
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Root/Lives of the Fellows/E000000-E000999/E000300-E000399
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