Resource Name:
Resource Type:
External Resource
Asset Name:
E002516 - Lewis, Edward John (1859 - 1925)
Title:
Lewis, Edward John (1859 - 1925)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E002516
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2012-06-27
Subject:
Description:
Obituary for Lewis, Edward John (1859 - 1925), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Lewis, Edward John
Date of Birth:
5 December 1859
Place of Birth:
Llandovery
Date of Death:
8 June 1925
Place of Death:
London
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS January 28th 1884
FRCS June 12th 1890
BA Cantab 1882
MB 1887
LSA 1883
Details:
Son of John Lewis, of Llandovery, where he was born on December 5th, 1859. He was educated at Llandovery College and at Christ's College, Cambridge. He graduated BA in 1882, after gaining a 1st class in the Natural Science Tripos, and afterwards entered St Bartholomew's Hospital, where he was House Surgeon, being later Senior Resident Medical Officer at the Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street. He practised in Hamilton Terrace for many years, and was chiefly devoted to the diseases of children, his clientele being very large. He was appointed Hon Consulting Physician to the Kilburn Dispensary and the Clergy Orphan School. Of Welsh descent, he had in his younger days distinguished himself as a Welsh International football player. Latterly he played golf very well. He died at 74 Hamilton Terrace, St John's Wood, after a very brief illness, on June 8th, 1925.
Sources:
Peile's *Biographical Register of Christ's College*, ii, 661
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/E002000-E002999/E002500-E002599
Media Type:
Unknown
