Resource Name:
Resource Type:
External Resource
Asset Name:
E004962 - Cochrane, Archer William Ross (1872 - 1963)
Title:
Cochrane, Archer William Ross (1872 - 1963)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E004962
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2014-02-03
Subject:
Description:
Obituary for Cochrane, Archer William Ross (1872 - 1963), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Cochrane, Archer William Ross
Date of Birth:
22 November 1872
Date of Death:
5 April 1963
Place of Death:
Eastbourne
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS 8 November 1894
FRCS 9 June 1898
LRCP 1894
MB London 1895
Details:
Born on 22 November 1872 he was trained at St Bartholomew's Hospital, qualified in 1894 and, after serving his Hospital as external midwifery assistant, was gazetted Surgeon-Lieutenant in the Indian Medical Service (Bengal) 1896. He saw active service on the North-West Frontier in 1897-98, and was awarded the Malakand campaign medal with clasp. He took the Fellowship in 1898, and was promoted Captain in 1899, Major in 1907, Lieutenant-Colonel in 1915, and Colonel in 1922. He retired to England in 1929, and died at Eastbourne on 5 April 1963 aged 90, survived by his wife.
Publication:
*A guide to the use of Tuberculin*, with C A Sprawson, London, Bale 1915,181 pages.
Sources:
Crawford's *Roll of the Indian Medical Service*, Bengal list, No. 2390, where his Christian names are wrongly entered as "Arthur Williams Rea". The correct names, given above, were registered with the General Medical Council in 1894
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
