Resource Name:
Resource Type:
External Resource
Asset Name:
E001900 - Fox, Herbert ( - 1925)
Title:
Fox, Herbert ( - 1925)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E001900
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2012-01-25
Subject:
Description:
Obituary for Fox, Herbert ( - 1925), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Fox, Herbert
Date of Death:
24 October 1925
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS October 21st 1884
FRCS June 14th 1888
MB Lond 1897
Details:
Educated at Glasgow, the Middlesex Hospital, Aberdeen, and King's College. He served as House Surgeon at the Carlisle Dispensary, Assistant Surgeon to the Blaenavon Iron and Steel Company, and Assistant Medical Officer at Fisherton House Asylum, Salisbury, before becoming Medical Officer of Health for the District of Stainland, Halifax, Yorkshire. As a Captain in the RAMC (Militia) he was in South Africa from 1900-1903, gaining the Queen's Medal with 3 Clasps, and was seconded for service as Medical Officer in the British Central Africa Protectorate, 1904-1907. He then returned to London and practised at Merton. He went out to South Africa on the outbreak of the European War, practised at Koomatipoort, East Transvaal, and in the Cameroons, travelled to Calcutta, and died at Doula on October 24th, 1925.
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/E001900-E001999
Media Type:
Unknown
