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E004229 - Housman, Basil Williams (1864 - 1932)
Title:
Housman, Basil Williams (1864 - 1932)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E004229
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2013-07-17
Description:
Obituary for Housman, Basil Williams (1864 - 1932), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Housman, Basil Williams
Date of Birth:
16 January 1864
Place of Birth:
Bromsgrove
Date of Death:
1 December 1932
Place of Death:
Tardebigge
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS 2 August 1888

FRCS 11 June 1891

LRCP 1888
Details:
Born at Perry Hall, Bromsgrove, on 16 January 1864, the third son and fifth of the seven children of Edward Housman, solicitor, and Sarah Jane Williams, his wife. He was educated at Bromsgrove School and at Queen's Hospital, Birmingham, where he was house physician and house surgeon. He then acted as surgeon to the Stockport Infirmary from 6 March 1895 until 1908, when he resigned on his appointment as assistant medical officer of health to the Worcestershire County Council. He was gazetted temporary captain, RAMC, on 16 October 1916 and was demobilized in 1919 having attained the rank of major. He married Jane Dixon on 24 July 1894, who survived him but without children. He died on 1 December 1932 at the Lower House, Tardebigge, and was buried in the churchyard of the village. Housman did his work well and conscientiously. His elder brother, Alfred Edward Housman (1859-1936), was professor of Latin at Cambridge from 1911, and was well-known as the author of *A Shropshire Lad*; his younger brother, Laurence, is the distinguished author and artist.
Sources:
Information given by his brother-in-law, A Harvey Dixon

Additional information provided by Laurence Housman, G H Fosbroke, medical officer of health for the County of Worcester, and by the secretary of the Infirmary, Stockport
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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/E004000-E004999/E004200-E004299
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