Resource Name:
Resource Type:
External Resource
Asset Name:
E001739 - Fisher, Frederick Charles (1858 - 1918)
Title:
Fisher, Frederick Charles (1858 - 1918)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E001739
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2011-12-14
Subject:
Description:
Obituary for Fisher, Frederick Charles (1858 - 1918), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Fisher, Frederick Charles
Date of Birth:
1858
Date of Death:
6 November 1918
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS July 23rd 1879
FRCS June 14th 1883
LSA 1879
Details:
Born on May 20th, 1858, the youngest son of the thirteen children of John Fisher by his wife Emma Mortimer. He was educated at King's College School and at St George's Hospital, where he was Ophthalmic and Orthopaedic Assistant and House Surgeon. He resided first at 60 Cadogan Place, SW, and removed to King's Langley, Watford, Herts, at the end of the year 1881. He was for many years Surgeon to the West Herts Hospital, Medical Officer and Public Vaccinator to the King's Langley District of the Hemel Hempstead Union, and Public Vaccinator to the Abbots Langley District of the Watford Union. He was at one time a member of the West Herts Medical Society, and was latterly in partnership with Sydney Hartill, MA, MB Oxon.
He married Clara Elizabeth Mortimer in June, 1882, and had four children, two sons and two daughters. The elder son was killed in action on the Aisne in 1914; the younger son succeeded his father in the practice.
Fisher died of influenza on November 6th, 1918, and was buried at King's Langley.
Sources:
Information kindly given by his son, Reginald Fisher, MB Cantab
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/E001700-E001799
Media Type:
Unknown
