Resource Name:
Resource Type:
External Resource
Asset Name:
E003892 - Bott, Robert Henry (1882 - 1939)
Title:
Bott, Robert Henry (1882 - 1939)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E003892
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2013-04-22
Subject:
Description:
Obituary for Bott, Robert Henry (1882 - 1939), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Bott, Robert Henry
Date of Birth:
22 August 1882
Date of Death:
21 January 1939
Place of Death:
Liss, Hampshire
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
CIE 1926
MRCS 9 February 1905
FRCS 14 November 1907
MB BS London 1909
LRCP 1905
Details:
Son of Henry and Elizabeth Bott, he was born on 22 August 1882. He was educated privately and at St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, where he acted as house surgeon during the year 1905-06. On 1 September 1906 he was gazetted lieutenant in the Indian Medical Service. On 1 September 1909 he was promoted captain; major on 1 March 1918, lieutenant-colonel on 1 March 1926, and retired in 1932. He saw service on the North-West Frontier in 1908 and won the Zakka Khel medal with clasp.
On 4 June 1917 he received the Kasr-i-Hind medal (first class), and on 1 January 1926 he was created CIE. For some years he was professor of operative surgery at the King Edward Medical College, Lahore, India. He married Jean Davison, daughter of S Fergus, MD, JP, in 1907. She survived him with a daughter. He died at Lingwood, Liss, Hants on 21 January 1939.
Sources:
Crawford's *Roll of the IMS*. General list No 391
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/E003800-E003899
Media Type:
Unknown
