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E004797 - Williams, William Robert (1898 - 1940)
Title:
Williams, William Robert (1898 - 1940)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E004797
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2013-12-18
Description:
Obituary for Williams, William Robert (1898 - 1940), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Williams, William Robert
Date of Birth:
24 April 1898
Place of Birth:
Warrington
Date of Death:
27 June 1940
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS 29 July 1920

FRCS 12 June 1924

MB ChB Liverpool 1919

MD 1920

LRCP 1920

FRCS Edinburgh 1924
Details:
Born at Warrington on 24 April 1898, the eldest child of William Thomas Williams, draper, and Jane Jones, his wife. He was educated at Boteler Grammar School, Warrington, at Liverpool University, and at the London Hospital. He gained the Derby exhibition in clinical medicine and the Robert Gee Fellowship in anatomy at Liverpool. After serving as house surgeon at the Southern Hospital and surgical registrar and tutor at the Royal Infirmary, he was appointed demonstrator of anatomy in the University. He was then elected surgeon in charge of the Southern Hospital out-patient department, filling the office from 1924 until his death. He was also surgeon to the Heart Hospital from 1934, and honorary surgeon to the Rhyl Prince Edward Memorial Hospital and to the Dolgelly Hospital. He married Margaret Enid Williams of Llandudno in 1924. She survived him with a son and a daughter. He died on 27 June 1940 and was buried at Llanwrst, Denbighshire. Williams was as skilled in diagnosis as in operative work. A warm-hearted Welshman, his patients became his friends. He spoke Welsh fluently and was interested both in Welsh literature and Welsh activities. Publications: The toxic effects of lead administered intravenously, with L Cunningham and W Blair Bell. *Lancet*, 1925, 2, 793-800. Cholecystography, the results of 125 consecutive cases examined by the oral administration of lead, with J H Mather. *Brit med J* 1927, 1, 614.
Sources:
*Lancet*, 1940, 2, 55

*Brit med J* 1940, 2, 102

Information given by Mrs Margaret Williams
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Copyright (c) The Royal College of Surgeons of England
Collection:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
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Obituary
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Root/Lives of the Fellows/E004000-E004999/E004700-E004799
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