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E004337 - Lawrence, Laurie Asher (1857 - 1949)
Title:
Lawrence, Laurie Asher (1857 - 1949)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E004337
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2013-07-31
Description:
Obituary for Lawrence, Laurie Asher (1857 - 1949), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Lawrence, Laurie Asher
Date of Birth:
23 October 1857
Date of Death:
5 July 1949
Place of Death:
London
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS 22 January 1884

FRCS 9 June 1887

LSA 1883
Details:
Born on 23 October 1857, the eldest child of John Moss Lawrence, a company director, and Emily Asher, his wife. He was educated at University College School and St Bartholomew's Hospital, and afterwards at Vienna. He served as senior house surgeon 1884-85 at St Bartholomew's, and later as chief aural assistant. Lawrence later became surgeon in charge of the throat and ear department at the Seamen's Hospital, Greenwich, and ultimately consulting surgeon to the Western General Dispensary. Lawrence married in June 1886 Elizabeth Rachel Joseph; there were four sons and a daughter of the marriage. He lived latterly at 44 Belsize Square, Hampstead, where he died on 5 July 1949, aged 91. He was a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries and of the Royal Numismatic Society.
Sources:
*The Times*, 6 July 1949, no memoir

Information from his daughter, Miss Mary R Lawrence
Rights:
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/E004300-E004399
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