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E004639 - Stabb, Ewen Carthew (1863 - 1941)
Title:
Stabb, Ewen Carthew (1863 - 1941)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E004639
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2013-11-13
Description:
Obituary for Stabb, Ewen Carthew (1863 - 1941), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Stabb, Ewen Carthew
Date of Birth:
15 October 1863
Place of Birth:
Torquay, Devon
Date of Death:
19 December 1941
Place of Death:
Torquay, Devon
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS 28 July 1886

FRCS 13 December 1888

LRCP 1886

LSA 1886
Details:
Born at Paignton, Torquay, South Devon on 15 October 1863, the eldest son of William Henry Stabb and Ellen Curling, his wife. He was educated by a private tutor before entering St Thomas's Hospital Medical School in 1882. Here he won the prosector's prize in anatomy in 1883-84, was runner up for the first College prize in 1884, and was considered brilliant and hard-working. He served as junior demonstrator of anatomy and as demonstrator of practical surgery, and was prosector at the Royal College of Surgeons. After qualification he served various offices at St Thomas's Hospital, being resident assistant surgeon to out-patients 1886-87, resident accoucheur 1888-89, assistant house surgeon, house surgeon, clinical assistant in the throat and ear departments, chief assistant in the throat department, resident assistant surgeon 1891, and surgical registrar 1891. He was then senior resident medical officer at the Royal Free Hospital, clinical assistant at the Evelina Hospital for Children, and surgeon to out-patients at the Great Northern Central Hospital. He practised at 57 Queen Anne Street, W, and retired to South Hill, Kingskerswell, Newton Abbot, Devon. During the war he served at Aldershot, at Epsom, and at the Manor (County of London) War Hospital, with a commission as temporary major, RAMC, dated 20 March 1917. Stabb married on 30 July 1901 Emma Langworthy Froude, who survived him with one son, a flight-lieutenant (1942) in the Royal Air Force. He died at Mount Scylla, Cadewell Lane, Shiphay, Torquay on 19 December 1941, aged 78.
Sources:
Information given by his brother, Dr A F Stabb, FRCP, and by L T Morton, librarian of St Thomas's Hospital Medical School
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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/E004600-E004699
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Unknown