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Asset Name:
E002350 - James, William Wittal (1824 - 1865)
Title:
James, William Wittal (1824 - 1865)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E002350
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2012-05-16
Description:
Obituary for James, William Wittal (1824 - 1865), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
James, William Wittal
Date of Birth:
1824
Place of Birth:
Exeter
Date of Death:
17 March 1865
Place of Death:
Exmouth
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS December 23rd 1844

FRCS August 10th 1848

LSA 1845

LM Dublin 1846
Details:
Born at Exeter, the son of John Haddy James (qv), whom he succeeded in 1858 as Surgeon to the Devon and Exeter Hospital, to the Exeter Dispensary, the Devon County Prisons, St John's Hospital, and the Bramford Wood Reformatory School. He practised at 37 Southernhay, Exeter, and died at Exmouth on March 17th, 1865. He made a bequest of £2000, which, after being applied to certain specified family purposes, was to be paid over to the Governors of the Devon and Exeter Hospital, the interest of the sum to be divided between the four Surgeons of the institution equally each year, for he was of the opinion that there should be some pecuniary payment for the hospital service by the staff. The legacy took effect in 1890. He had a quick incisive manner, was somewhat abrupt, and a 'choleric word' was not unknown to him. He succeeded to a large part of his father's practice, but his health broke down before he reached his zenith.
Sources:
Delpratt Harris's *The Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital*, Exeter, 1922, 145
Rights:
Copyright (c) The Royal College of Surgeons of England
Collection:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Format:
Obituary
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Root/Lives of the Fellows/E002000-E002999/E002300-E002399
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