Resource Name:
Resource Type:
External Resource
Asset Name:
E004563 - Masina, Hormasji Manekji (1863 - 1946)
Title:
Masina, Hormasji Manekji (1863 - 1946)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E004563
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2013-10-30
Subject:
Description:
Obituary for Masina, Hormasji Manekji (1863 - 1946), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Masina, Hormasji Manekji
Date of Birth:
1863
Date of Death:
19 September 1946
Place of Death:
Bombay, India
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS and FRCS 9 June 1898
Details:
Masina was a prominent member of the Parsi community at Bombay. He founded in 1907 the Masina Hospital, Victoria Road, Bombay 27, which he conducted in the most up-to-date methods, and was always happy to welcome British surgeons there. He died in his own hospital on 19 September 1946, aged 83, survived by his three sons Marek, Feerose, and Ardeshir and his daughter Meheru, all of whom were educated in England.
His second son Feerose was also a Fellow of the College and held the Prophit studentship in 1947. His youngest son Ardeshir, MD Cambridge, MRCP, died on 17 December 1947, aged 36. (*Lancet*, 1948, 1, 45)
Sources:
*The Times* 19 October 1946 no memoir
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/E004500-E004599
Media Type:
Unknown
