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E002265 - Horrocks, William Henry (1857 - 1910)
Title:
Horrocks, William Henry (1857 - 1910)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E002265
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2012-04-25
Description:
Obituary for Horrocks, William Henry (1857 - 1910), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Horrocks, William Henry
Date of Birth:
18 January 1857
Date of Death:
5 December 1910
Place of Death:
Bradford
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS November 14th 1882

FRCS January 10th 1886

LSA 1883

MB Lond (honours in forensic medicine, physiology, and botany) 1886
Details:
Born on January 18th, 1857, the second son of Dr W H Horrocks, Blundellsands, Liverpool. He was educated at University College, Liverpool, Owens College, Manchester, and University College Hospital, London. After graduation he was Junior Resident Officer at the Rotunda Hospital, Dublin. For nearly three years he was Resident Surgeon at the Northern Hospital, Liverpool. Next, and for one year, he was Demonstrator of Anatomy at University College, London; then for two and a half years House Surgeon at the Bradford Royal Infirmary. He entered into partnership with Dr A C F Rabagliati for a few years and then continued in general practice alone. He was elected Assistant Surgeon to the Bradford Infirmary in 1891, was appointed Surgeon in 1892, and through this gained a practice in surgery, both as a consultant and operator, in Bradford and the surrounding districts. He was a most active member of the Bradford Medico-Chirurgical Society, reading many papers, exhibiting cases, and acting as President 1899-1900. He represented Bradford on the British Medical Association, and on the Yorkshire Branch Council. At the same time he had read widely and was an ardent collector of old prints, his collection of colour prints, beautiful and rare, being one of the finest in the country. He continued at work, although not of strong physique, until some six weeks before his death at Oak Royd, Manningham Lane, Bradford, on December 5th, 1910. He was survived by his wife, a son and a daughter. Publications: *Life of Sir Astley Cooper*. *Medical Notes on the Life of Edward Gibbon*. *Some Political Opinions of C J Fox and Political Caricatures*. He edited with J LANE NOTTER the second edition of Notter and Firth's *Theory and Practice of Hygiene*, 8vo, 15 plates, London, 1900.
Sources:
*Brit Med Jour*, 1910, ii, 1953, with portrait
Rights:
Copyright (c) The Royal College of Surgeons of England
Collection:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Format:
Obituary
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Asset Path:
Root/Lives of the Fellows/E002000-E002999/E002200-E002299
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Unknown