Resource Name:
Resource Type:
External Resource
Asset Name:
E005212 - Leonard, William Hugh (1876 - 1960)
Title:
Leonard, William Hugh (1876 - 1960)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E005212
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2014-04-02
Subject:
Description:
Obituary for Leonard, William Hugh (1876 - 1960), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Leonard, William Hugh
Date of Birth:
12 February 1876
Date of Death:
21 October 1960
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
CB 1933
MRCS 11 May 1899
FRCS 11 June 1914
LRCP 1899
Details:
Born on 12 February 1876, son of William Leonard of Hull, he was educated at East Riding College, Hull and St Bartholomew's Hospital. After qualification he held an appointment as house surgeon at Huntingdon Hospital before entering the IMS in 1901. He served in the Tibet Expedition of 1903-04, and in the war of 1914-18 in Mesopotamia, being twice mentioned in dispatches. He retired with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in 1933, having been appointed King's Honorary Physician on 7 July 1928. He died on 21 October 1960 aged 84.
Sources:
*Brit med J* 19 November 1960, 2, 1536 without memoir
Crawford's *Roll of IMS*, general list, No 142
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/E005200-E005299
Media Type:
Unknown
