Resource Name:
Resource Type:
External Resource
Asset Name:
E004239 - Hughes, Samuel Henry (1864 - 1935)
Title:
Hughes, Samuel Henry (1864 - 1935)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E004239
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2013-07-17
Subject:
Description:
Obituary for Hughes, Samuel Henry (1864 - 1935), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Hughes, Samuel Henry
Date of Birth:
25 January 1864
Place of Birth:
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date of Death:
7 July 1935
Place of Death:
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS 2 August 1888
FRCS 13 December 1894
LRCP 1888
LSA 1888
Details:
Born at Sydney, New South Wales, on 25 January 1864, the fourth child of Samuel Terry Hughes and Charlotte Keck, his wife. He entered Malvern College in the third term of 1880, when the Rev Thomas Cruttwell was head master, and remained there until 1882. He then proceeded to St Bartholomew's Hospital, and served as house surgeon under Henry Power at the Royal Westminster Ophthalmic Hospital. He returned to Sydney in 1895, became ophthalmic surgeon to Lewisham Hospital, and obtained a large practice as an ophthalmic surgeon.
He married Christina Brydon Scott, who survived him with two sons, and died at Sydney on 7 July 1935 and was buried at Gore Hill.
Sources:
Information given by Mrs Christina Hughes and by E J Jenkins, MD, FRCP
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/E004200-E004299
Media Type:
Unknown
