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E004930 - Buchanan, James Spittal (1867 - 1952)
Title:
Buchanan, James Spittal (1867 - 1952)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E004930
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2014-02-03
Description:
Obituary for Buchanan, James Spittal (1867 - 1952), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Buchanan, James Spittal
Date of Birth:
14 April 1867
Place of Birth:
Berwick, Victoria, Australia
Date of Death:
26 April 1952
Place of Death:
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS 27 July 1893

FRCS 14 June 1894

MB ChM Glasgow 1890

LRCP 1893

FRACS foundation 1927
Details:
Born 14 April 1867 at Berwick, Victoria, Australia, third child and second son of Robert Buchanan, a landowner, and Jessie Spittal his wife, he was educated at Ballarat College, Victoria, qualified from Glasgow University in 1899, and was house surgeon at Glasgow Western Infirmary 1890-91. He worked at the London Hospital 1892-94 and after taking the Fellowship was assistant to Sir Arthur Mayo-Robson at Leeds, 1895-97. He returned to Australia and practised as a surgeon in Melbourne, latterly at 8 Collins Street. He was ultimately consulting surgeon to the Alfred Hospital and to the Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital, and was a foundation Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons. He married Alfreda Hilda Gamble in 1897, and was survived by their two sons, one of whom became a Fellow of the College. He married secondly Sylvia Vesta Gray. He died at 15 Hopetoun Road, Toorak, Melbourne on 26 April 1952 aged 85.
Sources:
*Med J Austral* 1952, 1, 686, no memoir

Information from his son J M Buchanan FRCS
Rights:
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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Asset Path:
Root/Lives of the Fellows/E004000-E004999/E004900-E004999
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