Resource Name:
Resource Type:
External Resource
Asset Name:
E004995 - De Bruyn, Robert Saunders (1897 - 1954)
Title:
De Bruyn, Robert Saunders (1897 - 1954)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E004995
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2014-02-10
2018-03-23
Subject:
Description:
Obituary for De Bruyn, Robert Saunders (1897 - 1954), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
De Bruyn, Robert Saunders
Date of Birth:
14 July 1897
Place of Birth:
South Africa
Date of Death:
6 May 1954
Place of Death:
Observatory, Cape Town, South Africa
Titles/Qualifications:
DFC
MRCS 12 May 1927
FRCS 9 June 1932
LRCP 1927
LDS RCS 1924
Details:
He was educated at Guy's Hospital, and qualified first as a dentist. After serving as house surgeon, resident medical officer, and surgical registrar at Guy's he settled in general practice at Stamford, Lincolnshire, where he became surgeon to the Infirmary and also to the Holbeach Emergency Hospital and Bourne Butterfield Hospital. During the second world war he served in the RAF and won the Distinguished Flying Cross. De Bruyn died at Observatory, Cape Town on 6 May 1954.
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
