Resource Name:
Resource Type:
External Resource
Asset Name:
E004919 - Briggs, John Arthur Oswald (1872 - 1953)
Title:
Briggs, John Arthur Oswald (1872 - 1953)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E004919
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2014-01-22
Subject:
Description:
Obituary for Briggs, John Arthur Oswald (1872 - 1953), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Briggs, John Arthur Oswald
Date of Birth:
30 November 1872
Date of Death:
12 July 1953
Place of Death:
Nottingham
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS 14 May 1896
FRCS 9 June 1898
MB London 1896
MD 1898
Details:
Born on 30 November 1872 eighth child and sixth son of John Briggs, hosiery manufacturer, and Mary Wragg his wife, he was educated at St Bartholomew's Hospital, where he served as house surgeon. After being house physician at the South Devon and East Cornwall Hospital, Plymouth he was resident medical officer to the Finsbury Dispensary, London, and won a gold medal in the London MD examination in 1898.
He then settled in practice at Nottingham, living at Holmside, Sutton-in-Ashfield, and later at 37 Noel Street, The Forest. He was a member of the Nottingham Medico-Chirurgical Society. Briggs married in 1906 Florence Emily Atyeo. He died at Premier House, Gregory Boulevard, Nottingham on 12 July 1953 aged 80, survived by his two sons and a daughter.
Sources:
*The Times* 14 July 1953, without memoir
Information from his son, D J A Briggs
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/E004900-E004999
Media Type:
Unknown
