Resource Name:
Resource Type:
External Resource
Asset Name:
E005004 - Dickson, Ronald Ritchie (1917 - 1962)
Title:
Dickson, Ronald Ritchie (1917 - 1962)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E005004
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2014-02-10
Subject:
Description:
Obituary for Dickson, Ronald Ritchie (1917 - 1962), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Dickson, Ronald Ritchie
Date of Birth:
17 June 1917
Date of Death:
13 July 1962
Place of Death:
Lisburn, County Antrim
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS 8 December 1949
FRCS 8 December 1949
MB BCh BAO Belfast 1941
Details:
Born on 17 June 1917, and educated at Methodist College and Queen's University, Belfast, he was a house surgeon at St Helen's Hospital before serving in the RAF, mostly in Rhodesia. After the war he became surgical registrar at the Belfast City, the Royal Victoria, the Lagan Valley and the Bambridge Hospitals.
In 1954 he was appointed consultant surgeon at the Lagan Valley Hospital, and he died a few months before he was due to become senior surgeon. Dickson was of calm, quiet and perceptive temperament, and was an extremely dexterous surgeon; at the time of his death he was planning a new surgical block for the hospital. His recreations were yachting, carpentry and photography.
He died suddenly, aged 45 at Fort Hill, Lisburn, Co Antrim on 13 July 1962 survived by his wife and daughter.
Sources:
*The Times* 18 July 1962
*Brit med J* 1962, 2, 488 appreciation by AA McCM
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/E005000-E005999/E005000-E005099
Media Type:
Unknown
