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E005211 - LeLean, Percy Samuel (1871 - 1956)
Title:
LeLean, Percy Samuel (1871 - 1956)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E005211
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2014-04-02
Description:
Obituary for LeLean, Percy Samuel (1871 - 1956), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
LeLean, Percy Samuel
Date of Birth:
23 July 1871
Place of Birth:
Canada
Date of Death:
6 November 1956
Place of Death:
London
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
CB 1916

CMG 1919

Order of the Nile 1919

MRCS 14 November 1895

FRCS 14 December 1899

LRCP 1895

DPH
Details:
Born in Canada on 23 July 1871, son of William Cox Lelean, he was educated at Hart House and St Mary's Hospital, London. During the South African War he was commissioned in the Army Medical Service and gained the Queen's medal with four clasps. In 1903 he served on the Anglo-French Boundary Commission which traced the boundaries between French and British territories from the Niger to Lake Chad. Subsequently he served in India until 1912. During the war of 1914-18 he was four times mentioned in dispatches. Retiring from the RAMC as Colonel in 1922, he was appointed to the Chair of Public Health in Edinburgh University in 1926 ultimately retiring in 1944. He was a dedicated and progressive teacher and did much to increase the co-operation of the University with the public health authorities of the city. In 1902 he married Mary Ellen, daughter of John Gillam of Penbryn, Stourbridge, who predeceased him and by whom he had two daughters. He died in London on 6 November 1956 aged 85.
Sources:
*The Times* 8 November 1956 p 15 c

*Brit med J* 1956, 2, 1243 eulogy by W G Clarke

*Lancet* 1956, 2, 1055
Rights:
Copyright (c) The Royal College of Surgeons of England
Collection:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
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Obituary
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Root/Lives of the Fellows/E005000-E005999/E005200-E005299
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