Resource Name:
Resource Type:
External Resource
Asset Name:
E004998 - De Silva, Sir Arthur Marcellus (1957 - 1957)
Title:
De Silva, Sir Arthur Marcellus (1957 - 1957)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E004998
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2014-02-10
Subject:
Description:
Obituary for De Silva, Sir Arthur Marcellus (1957 - 1957), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
De Silva, Sir Arthur Marcellus
Date of Birth:
22 September 1957
Place of Birth:
Ceylon
Date of Death:
22 September 1957
Place of Death:
Colombo, Ceylon
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
KCMG 1956
KBE 1949
CBE 1939
MRCS 4 August 1903
FRCS 13 December 1906
LRCP 1903
Details:
Born in Ceylon 5 November 1879 son of Mudaliyar William Marcellus De Silva, he was educated at Royal College, Colombo, and at the London Hospital Medical College from which he took the Fellowship, being the first Ceylonese postgraduate student to do so.
He returned to Colombo where he made a distinguished career in practice, teaching, and administration. He was surgeon to the General Hospital 1907-30 and senior surgeon 1930-40; ear nose and throat surgeon, Victoria Memorial Hospital, 1908-30; and subsequently consulting surgeon to both hospitals. He lectured in surgery and clinical surgery at Ceylon Medical College 1907-40. He was also a Public Service Commissioner.
De Silva was a keen naturalist and a successful cultivator of orchids. For his public services he was created CBE, KBE, and finally KCMG. He married in 1909 Laura Elizabeth Dias, who survived him with their daughter. He died at his home, 14 Ward Place, Colombo, on 22 September 1957, aged 77.
Sources:
*The Times* 24 September 1957 p 11 E
*Lancet* 1957, 2, 699 with appreciation by Sir Cecil Wakeley, Bt
*Brit med J* 1957, 2, 830, and p 1245 eulogy by E Soysa
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
