Resource Name:
Resource Type:
External Resource
Asset Name:
E003353 - Venning, Sir Edgecombe (1837 - 1920)
Title:
Venning, Sir Edgecombe (1837 - 1920)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E003353
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2013-01-09
Subject:
Description:
Obituary for Venning, Sir Edgecombe (1837 - 1920), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Venning, Sir Edgecombe
Date of Birth:
24 April 1837
Place of Birth:
Norwich
Date of Death:
17 November 1920
Place of Death:
Falmouth
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
Knight Bachelor 1905
MRCS August 2nd 1858
FRCS June 13th 1867
LRCP Lond 1862
Details:
Born at Norwich on April 24th, 1837, the son of J Meybohm Venning. He became a student at St George's Hospital, where he acted as House Surgeon and as Surgical Registrar. He was gazetted Assistant Surgeon to the 1st Life Guards on April 14th, 1863, and Surgeon on March 1st, 1873.
He resigned on June 30th, 1877, and engaged in private practice at 87 Sloane Street, London, SW, where he had an extensive circle of distinguished patients. He was knighted in 1905.
He retired to Lamorvah, Wood Lane Crescent, Falmouth, where he became an active member of the Hospital Committee, and died there on November 17th, 1920. He married in 1873 Miss F E Pearson, daughter of Captain Aylmer Pearson; she died about 1917.
Publications:-
Venning's publications related to venereal disease.
Sources:
*St George's Hosp Gaz*, 1906, xiv, 43, with portrait
Johnston's *RAMC Roll*, No. 6059
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/E003300-E003399
Media Type:
Unknown
