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E000723 - Atkinson, Richard ( - 1901)
Title:
Atkinson, Richard ( - 1901)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E000723
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2009-11-04
Description:
Obituary for Atkinson, Richard ( - 1901), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Atkinson, Richard
Date of Death:
1901
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Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS April 19th 1876

FRCS December 12th 1878

BA Cantab
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Matriculated from St John’s College, Cambridge, in 1868, and graduated BA after appearing as first on the list of Junior Optimes in the Mathematical Tripos of 1872. He then entered the London Hospital, and after qualification held the posts of Assistant House Surgeon at the Poplar Hospital and then of House Physician and House Surgeon at the London Hospital, 1877-1878. He was next appointed Senior Resident Medical Officer at the Royal Free Hospital; after holding this post for a short time he became Junior Assistant Medical Officer at the County and Borough Asylum, Powick, Worcester. He travelled during the last few years of his life, and died at Las Palmas in 1901. Publications: “Case of Locomotor Ataxy with Unusual Visual Troubles.” – *Med. Times and Gaz*., 1877, i, 639. “Eye Cases Illustrative of Medical Ophthalmology.” – *Lancet*, 1878, i, 745, 783.
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Copyright (c) The Royal College of Surgeons of England
Collection:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Format:
Obituary
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Root/Lives of the Fellows/E000000-E000999/E000700-E000799
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