Resource Name:
Resource Type:
External Resource
Asset Name:
E001175 - Clapp, William (1814 - 1888)
Title:
Clapp, William (1814 - 1888)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E001175
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2011-05-26
Subject:
Description:
Obituary for Clapp, William (1814 - 1888), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Clapp, William
Date of Birth:
1814
Date of Death:
27 May 1888
Place of Death:
Exeter, Devon, UK
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS August 30th 1839
FRCS December 16th 1847
LSA 1840
Details:
Educated at Guy's and St Thomas's Hospitals. He was at one period Resident Surgeon on the Seamen's Hospital Ship *Dreadnought*, and then practised at Exeter, where he was in 1848 the first Surgeon-Apothecary (House Surgeon) to the Devon and Exeter Hospital. He petitioned soon after his appointment that he might be relieved of much of the book-keeping work to enable him to devote more time to professional work in the wards. He died at his residence, Southernhay Place, Exeter, on May 27th, 1888.
Sources:
Delpratt Harris's *Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital*, 1922, 125
Rights:
Copyright (c) The Royal College of Surgeons of England
Collection:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Format:
Obituary
Format:
Asset
Asset Path:
Root/Lives of the Fellows/E001000-E001999/E001100-E001199
Media Type:
Unknown
