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Asset Name:
E002980 - Potter, Henry Percy (1855 - 1917)
Title:
Potter, Henry Percy (1855 - 1917)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E002980
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2012-10-10
Description:
Obituary for Potter, Henry Percy (1855 - 1917), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Potter, Henry Percy
Date of Birth:
1855
Date of Death:
9 April 1917
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS April 20th 1875

FRCS December 12th 1878

LSA 1875

MD Durham 1893

DPH Cantab 1881
Details:
Educated at St Thomas's Hospital, where he was House Surgeon, House Physician, Resident Accoucheur, and Surgical Registrar, having whilst a student gained the Cheselden Medal and the Grainger Prize. He also studied in Paris, and for thirty-seven years from 1880 he was Medical Superintendent of the Kensington Infirmary, until his death from septicaemia, following infection of his hand at an operation, on April 9th, 1917. Publications: Potter published a number of medical papers, and was also author of *The Natural History of the Voyage of the 'Sunbeam', RYS*, 1875-6. The 'Voyage' itself was written by Lady Brassey.
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/E002900-E002999
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Unknown