Resource Name:
Resource Type:
External Resource
Asset Name:
E004423 - Mackern, John (1856 - 1934)
Title:
Mackern, John (1856 - 1934)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E004423
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2013-09-30
Subject:
Description:
Obituary for Mackern, John (1856 - 1934), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Mackern, John
Date of Birth:
11 October 1856
Place of Birth:
Buenos Aires
Date of Death:
31 January 1934
Place of Death:
Newick, Sussex
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS 26 July 1877
FRCS 14 June 1888
BA MB Cambridge 1882
MD 1834
LRCP 1877
Details:
Born on 11 October 1856 at Buenos Aires, the second son of George Mackern, who was in business in the city, he was educated at the Blackheath Proprietary School and was admitted to Caius College, Cambridge in April 1878, having already qualified MRCS and LRCP from Guy's Hospital, where he was house surgeon. He was a scholar of the College from Michaelmas 1878 to Michaelmas 1881, and. Graduated BA after being placed in the third class of the Natural Sciences Tripos, Part I. He practised in Shooter's Hill Road, Blackheath, was for a time assistant physician to the Chelsea Hospital for Women, and was surgeon to the Royal Kent Dispensary, afterwards the Miller General Hospital, from 1893 till his resignation in 1907. He married in 1881 L Kidd, who survived him with one daughter. He died very suddenly at Silverwood, Newick, Sussex, on 31 January 1934.
Sources:
Information given by Mrs L Mackern and by the Secretary of the Miller General Hospital
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/E004400-E004499
Media Type:
Unknown
