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E004607 - Smith, Thomas Frederic Hugh (1855 - 1930)
Title:
Smith, Thomas Frederic Hugh (1855 - 1930)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E004607
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2013-11-07
Description:
Obituary for Smith, Thomas Frederic Hugh (1855 - 1930), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Smith, Thomas Frederic Hugh
Date of Birth:
1855
Date of Death:
20 November 1930
Place of Death:
Seaford, Sussex
Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS 1 August 1877

FRCS 14 December 1882

LSA 1887
Details:
The younger son of Henry Smith, professor of systematic surgery, when Sir Joseph (afterwards Lord) Lister was professor of clinical surgery, at King's College, London. Hugh Smith was educated at King's College, of which he was afterwards an Associate, and at King's College Hospital, where he was house surgeon and surgical registrar. He then studied in Paris, and became house physician at the Brompton Hospital for Consumption and registrar at the Victoria Hospital for Children, Tite Street, Chelsea. He was also for a short time medical officer to the Stanhope Street Dispensary. He entered into partnership with William Robert Ashurst, MD, at Farningham, Kent, and later with William Francis Lace. For thirteen years he acted as medical officer of health for the Dartford Union and served as medical officer of No 3 District of the Dartford Union, Kent. He was also surgeon to the Kettlewell Convalescent Home, Swanley, and to the Parkwood Convalescent Homes. He was chairman of the Dartford division of the British Medical Association. He died after retirement at Wilmington Cottage, Seaford, Sussex on 20 November 1930. Endowed with the bonhomie and wit of his father, he entirely lacked ambition and was content to go through life in a useful but comparatively humble position.
Sources:
*Brit med J* 1930, 2, 983

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Copyright (c) The Royal College of Surgeons of England
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Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
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Obituary
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Root/Lives of the Fellows/E004000-E004999/E004600-E004699
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