Resource Name:
Resource Type:
External Resource
Asset Name:
E005126 - McMillan, Derek Haigh (1921 - 1963)
Title:
McMillan, Derek Haigh (1921 - 1963)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E005126
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2014-03-19
Subject:
Description:
Obituary for McMillan, Derek Haigh (1921 - 1963), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
McMillan, Derek Haigh
Date of Birth:
3 November 1921
Date of Death:
25 September 1963
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS and FRCS 11 December 1952
MB ChB Leeds 1945
Details:
Born on 3 November 1921 the son of A C McMillan of Huddersfield, he was educated at Leeds Medical School, qualifying in 1945. He served as demonstrator of pathology in the School and as house surgeon at the General Infirmary. Deciding to specialise in orthopaedics he took the Fellowship in 1952, was orthopaedic registrar at the Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle-on-Tyne, and then senior orthopaedic registrar at the Royal Infirmaries at Sheffield and Edinburgh. He was appointed orthopaedic surgeon to Croydon General Hospital in 1961.
McMillan owed his achievement to hard work and determination, but he was a cheerful, kindly and humorous man. He married and had a family, but the marriage proved unsuccessful. He died from an overdose of barbiturates on 25 September 1963 aged 41, survived by his parents. He was buried at Bandon Hill Cemetry, Wallington, Surrey.
Sources:
*The Times* 26 September 1963 without memoir
*Evening News* 30 September 1963
*Brit med J* 1963, 2, 1208 by JTR
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/E005100-E005199
Media Type:
Unknown
