Resource Name:
Resource Type:
External Resource
Asset Name:
E005089 - Kerr, Robert Andrew (1888 - 1957)
Title:
Kerr, Robert Andrew (1888 - 1957)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E005089
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2014-03-07
Subject:
Description:
Obituary for Kerr, Robert Andrew (1888 - 1957), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Kerr, Robert Andrew
Date of Birth:
22 March 1888
Place of Birth:
County Tyrone, Ireland
Date of Death:
12 July 1957
Place of Death:
St Leonard's-on-Sea, Sussex
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
MC 1918
MRCS and FRCS 10 June 1920
MB BCh BAO Belfast 1910
Details:
Born on 22 March 1888 in Co Tyrone, Ireland, he studied medicine at Queen's College, Galway and Queen's College, Belfast, where he graduated with first-class honours in 1910 and was demonstrator of anatomy 1912-13. He was house surgeon at Downe Hospital, Downpatrick and casualty house surgeon at Bristol Royal Infirmary. During the first world war he served in the RAMC 1914-18 and was awarded the Military Cross.
After the war Kerr held resident posts at the London Temperance Hospital, St Mark's Hospital, and the London Hospital. He practised in London for the rest of his career, and became consultant surgeon to the National Temperance Hospital and to Sittingbourne Memorial Hospital. He lived at 72 Harley House. Kerr retired in 1955 to 19 West Hill, St Leonard's-on-Sea, Sussex, where he died on 12 July 1957 aged 69.
Publications:
Plexiform, cirsoid, aneurysm of the scalp. *Brit med J* 1933, 2, 566.
Hernia through the foramen of Winslow. *Lancet* 1934, 1, 454.
Sources:
*Brit med J* 1957, 2, 476 without memoir
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
