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E004582 - Selby, Edmond Wallace (1871 - 1943)
Title:
Selby, Edmond Wallace (1871 - 1943)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E004582
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2013-10-30
Description:
Obituary for Selby, Edmond Wallace (1871 - 1943), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Selby, Edmond Wallace
Date of Birth:
9 December 1871
Place of Birth:
London
Date of Death:
26 July 1943
Place of Death:
Guildford
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
OBE 1920

MRCS 1 August 1892

FRCS 13 December 1894

MB London 1892

BS 1894

MD 1896

LRCP 1892
Details:
Born at Lewisham, London, SE, on 9 December 1871, the fourth child and second son of Edmond Selby, wine merchant, and his wife, *née* Ross. He was educated at a private school kept by a Mr Ballance at Lewisham, and entered University College, London with an Andrews scholarship in 1886. In 1887 he entered as a medical exhibitioner at University College Hospital, won gold and silver medals and subsequently served as assistant demonstrator of anatomy and demonstrator of physiology. He settled in practice at Doncaster becoming surgeon to the General (now Royal) Infirmary and Dispensary, and eventually consulting surgeon. He lived first at 20 South Parade and from 1905 at 13 Hall Gate. In 1921 on his appointment as a regional medical officer of the Ministry of Health he settled at Crescent House, Hillary Place, Leeds, and in 1925 was living at Ben Rhydding, Yorkshire. In 1928 he moved to Bromley, Kent, and was promoted a divisional medical officer of the Ministry in 1930. He retired in 1935 and subsequently lived at 116 Otley Road, Leeds 6. He had been created OBE in 1920. Selby married twice: (1) in 1892 Edith Mary Vercoe, by whom he had a son and two daughters; and (2) in 1908 his first wife's sister, Lily Vercoe, by whom he had one son. He died at Guildford on 26 July 1943, aged 72.
Sources:
Information supplied by his daughter, Miss G V M Selby
Rights:
Copyright (c) The Royal College of Surgeons of England
Collection:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Format:
Obituary
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Asset Path:
Root/Lives of the Fellows/E004000-E004999/E004500-E004599
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