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E003013 - Purvis, William Prior (1869 - 1923)
Title:
Purvis, William Prior (1869 - 1923)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E003013
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2012-10-17
Description:
Obituary for Purvis, William Prior (1869 - 1923), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Purvis, William Prior
Date of Birth:
18 March 1869
Place of Birth:
Greenwich
Date of Death:
13 February 1923
Place of Death:
Southampton
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS July 30th 1891

FRCS June 14th 1894

LRCP Lond July 30th 1891

BSc Lond 1889

MB (Honours in medicine, obstetrics and forensic medicine) 1892

BS 1893

MD 1894
Details:
Born at Greenwich on March 18th, 1869, the eldest child of Dr J P Purvis, of Greenwich, and grandson of Dr Prior Purvis, of Blackheath, who had been one of the first Doctors of Medicine of the University of London. He went to the Roan School, Greenwich, then studied at St Thomas's Hospital, where he was House Surgeon and House Physician. He was next appointed House Surgeon to the Royal Hants and Southampton Hospital, later becoming Surgeon to the Hospital and Surgeon in Charge of the Nose and Throat Department. Subsequently he became Surgeon to the Free Eye Hospital and the Shirley Children's Hospital, also Consulting Surgeon to the Fenwick Memorial Cottage Hospital, Lyndhurst, Hants, and the Lymington and Milford-on-Sea Cottage Hospitals. He practised at 14 Carlton Crescent, Southampton. He took an active part in local medical affairs, and received the Freedom of the Borough of Southampton together with Dr R E Lauder, Medical Officer of Health for Southampton, on their return after two years' service during the South African War with the Southampton Ambulance Corps. He took a prominent part in School Clinics, assisted materially in modelling the Hospital into a high state of efficiency, and was systematic in taking notes of both in-patients and outpatients, to the great advantage of the Resident Staff. He was an active member of the British Medical Association and filled the offices of the local branch up to that of President, as well as exhibiting surgical cases and initiating debates. As a Freemason he was a Past Master of the Southampton Lodge No 394 and of the Twelve Brothers No 785. He served both as Treasurer and President of the Southampton Medical Society, and for a time was Chairman of the Southampton Public Medical Service. He was a keen member of the Hampshire County Cricket Club. He died at his house in Southampton on Feb 13th, 1923, survived by his widow, four daughters, and four sons. One of the sons was then at the University of Cambridge. After cremation, his ashes were buried in the Southampton Cemetery, the funeral being attended by his professional colleagues.
Sources:
*Lancet,* 1923, i, 463

*Brit Med Jour*, 1923, i, 399
Rights:
Copyright (c) The Royal College of Surgeons of England
Collection:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
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Obituary
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Root/Lives of the Fellows/E003000-E003999/E003000-E003099
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