Resource Name:
Resource Type:
External Resource
Asset Name:
E003069 - Richards, Frederick William (1841 - 1871)
Title:
Richards, Frederick William (1841 - 1871)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E003069
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2012-10-31
Subject:
Description:
Obituary for Richards, Frederick William (1841 - 1871), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Richards, Frederick William
Date of Birth:
12 June 1841
Date of Death:
23 February 1871
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS April 28th 1864
FRCS June 13th 1867
LRCP Lond 1865
LM LSA 1864
MB Lond 1865
Details:
Born on June 12th, 1841, the son of John Richards, solicitor, of Charterhouse Square, and his wife, Fanny. He entered Merchant Taylors' School in March, 1849, was afterwards apprenticed to Fred John Butler at Winchester, and received his professional education at St Bartholomew's Hospital. At the matriculation examination of the London University in 1860 be took honours in mathematics, chemistry, and botany, at the first MB honours in physiology and materia medica, and in the Medical School of his hospital he obtained the First Year's Prize for general proficiency and practical anatomy; in the second year that for anatomy, physiology, and chemistry. After holding the post of Midwifery Assistant in 1866 he joined Dr Butler in partnership at Winchester, and was appointed Assistant Physician to the Hospital there. His promising career was cut short at the age of 29 by his death on February 23rd, 1871. He left a widow and two children.
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/E003000-E003999/E003000-E003099
Media Type:
Unknown
