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Asset Name:
E003502 - Skinner, George Robert (1825 - 1856)
Title:
Skinner, George Robert (1825 - 1856)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E003502
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2013-01-31
Description:
Obituary for Skinner, George Robert (1825 - 1856), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Skinner, George Robert
Date of Birth:
16 September 1825
Date of Death:
26 March 1856
Place of Death:
Bath
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS January 22nd 1847

FRCS December 9th 1852
Details:
Born on September 16th, 1825, son of George Skinner, surgeon, of Walcot, Somerset. He joined the Bengal Army as Assistant Surgeon on December 20th, 1852. In 1849-1850 he was student in human and comparative anatomy at the Royal College of Surgeons, and his MS folio volume referring to work done as a student is in the Library. It forms part of the E C Hulme Volume, and bears the date 1850. (*See* HULME, EDWARD CHARLES.) Skinner appears to have chiefly employed himself in the dissection of a Malayan tapir. His early death took place at Bath on March 26th, 1856.
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Copyright (c) The Royal College of Surgeons of England
Collection:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Format:
Obituary
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Root/Lives of the Fellows/E003000-E003999/E003500-E003599
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Unknown