Resource Name:
Resource Type:
External Resource
Asset Name:
E004052 - Fitzsimons, James (1897 - 1949)
Title:
Fitzsimons, James (1897 - 1949)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E004052
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2013-06-05
2013-07-16
Subject:
Description:
Obituary for Fitzsimons, James (1897 - 1949), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Fitzsimons, James
Date of Birth:
14 February 1897
Date of Death:
10 December 1949
Place of Death:
Auckland, New Zealand
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS 28 July 1927
FRCS 8 December 1927
LRCP 1927
MB ChB New Zealand 1924
Details:
Born 14 February 1897, the ninth child and third son of George Fitzsimons, a farmer, and his wife, *née* Haining. He was educated at Dumfries Academy, Scotland, and Waitaki Boys High School in New Zealand. He received his medical training at Otago Medical School, Dunedin, and later at Guy's Hospital, and took the Fellowship in 1927.
Fitzsimons practised for the rest of his life in Auckland, New Zealand. He married in 1926 Miss Ringland, daughter of T H Ringland, of Napier, New Zealand, and died at 83 Remuera Road, Auckland, on 10 December 1949, aged 52. His wife survived him, with a son and two daughters.
Sources:
Information from Mrs Fitzsimons
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/E004000-E004999/E004000-E004099
Media Type:
Unknown
