Resource Name:
Resource Type:
External Resource
Asset Name:
E003970 - Christianson, Ralph Alfred (1913 - 1947)
Title:
Christianson, Ralph Alfred (1913 - 1947)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E003970
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2013-05-20
Subject:
Description:
Obituary for Christianson, Ralph Alfred (1913 - 1947), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Christianson, Ralph Alfred
Date of Birth:
4 February 1913
Date of Death:
30 November 1947
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS and FRCS 9 December 1943
MD Western Ontario 1936
Details:
Born 4 February 1913, third of the four sons of William Dexter Christianson, manager of a Woolworth store. He was educated at the medical school of the University of Western Ontario, London, Canada, and settled in practice at Hamilton, Ontario. During the war of 1939-45 he came to England, studied at the Westminster Hospital, and took the Fellowship though not previously a Member of the College. He afterwards returned to practice at Hamilton. He married Aileen Kate Petticrew, who survived him with a son and daughter. Christianson was killed instantaneously by compression fracture of the skull in a motor accident on Sunday, 30 November 1947.
Sources:
Information from his brother, M Paul Christianson, DO, of Hamilton
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/E003900-E003999
Media Type:
Unknown
