Resource Name:
Resource Type:
External Resource
Asset Name:
E005051 - Hilmy, Abbas (1901 - 1963)
Title:
Hilmy, Abbas (1901 - 1963)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E005051
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2014-02-26
Subject:
Description:
Obituary for Hilmy, Abbas (1901 - 1963), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Hilmy, Abbas
Date of Birth:
22 May 1901
Date of Death:
1963
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS 9 February 1933
FRCS 12 July 1934
MB BS Cairo 1923
LRCP 1933.
Details:
Born on 22 May 1901, he graduated at Cairo in 1923. After working at Guy's Hospital during the 1930s, he was appointed Professor of Surgery in the University of Alexandria on 16 December 1942. He resigned this post after a few years to protest against the appointment of a younger foreign professor as head of the section.
On 21 October 1950 Professor Kamil Hussein, Dean of Heliopolis University appointed him to the Chair of Surgery in the Faculty of Medicine there. "Afify" Hilmy held this post till his death in 1963. He left a widow but no children.
Sources:
Information from Naguib Mahfouz, Pasha, Hon FRCS
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
