Resource Name:
Resource Type:
External Resource
Asset Name:
E001356 - Cumming, Robert Butterfield ( - 1887)
Title:
Cumming, Robert Butterfield ( - 1887)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E001356
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2011-09-07
Subject:
Description:
Obituary for Cumming, Robert Butterfield ( - 1887), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Cumming, Robert Butterfield
Date of Death:
12 October 1887
Place of Death:
Kimberley, South Africa
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS January 16th 1835
FRCS October 11th 1866
LSA 1851
MD St Andrews 1852
JP
Details:
Received his professional training at St George's Hospital, where a certain R Cumming, according to the St George's Hospital Records, was twelve months pupil to Sir Benjamin Brodie from April 28th, 1834. He was a Volunteer Surgeon before he settled in practice at Malpas, Cheshire, where he remained till the year 1867. He then went to South Africa, served in the Kafir War of 1878, resigned his commission as Surgeon in 1887, practised at Kimberley, became a JP, and died there of bronchitis on October 12th, 1887. His death was not reported to the College until 1890.
Publication:-
*Ossa Humana: or, the Bones of the Human Body, drawn from Nature*, oblong fol., 8 plates, London.
Sources:
Information from W. Darley Hartley and Dr. E. G. Dru Drury
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/E001300-E001399
Media Type:
Unknown
