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E005314 - Robinson, Arthur Leyland (1887 - 1959)
Title:
Robinson, Arthur Leyland (1887 - 1959)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E005314
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2014-05-06
Description:
Obituary for Robinson, Arthur Leyland (1887 - 1959), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Robinson, Arthur Leyland
Date of Birth:
27 July 1887
Date of Death:
28 May 1959
Place of Death:
Salisbury
Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS 10 February 1910

FRCS 10 October 1912

MB BS London 1910

MD 1912

FRCOG 1930

LRCP 1910
Details:
Born on 27 July 1887 son of Joseph Henry Robinson and Caroline Sandford he was educated privately in Southport and at Liverpool University. His clinical training took place at University College Hospital. During the war of 1914-18 he served as an acting Major and surgical specialist in the RAMC with the British Salonika Force. After the war he was appointed honorary surgeon to the Women's Hospital, Liverpool and the Maternity Hospital, Liverpool, later becoming Professor of Midwifery and Gynaecology in the University of Liverpool. He was a Fellow of the North of England Gynaecological Society and its President in 1933-34, and he was a member of the Liverpool Medical Institution and its President in 1940-41. At various times he examined in obstetrics and gynaecology for the Universities of London, Manchester, Sheffield, and Wales, and for the Conjoint Board in London. Fishing and numismatics were his main hobbies, apart from gardening and photography, and he was an authority on Peninsula war medals, his collection being probably the finest in the world. His wife, whom he married in 1914, predeceased him and they had one daughter. Having lived at Little Neston, Cheshire, he retired first to Warsash near Southampton and then to Ringwood. He died in Salisbury Hospital after a short illness on 28 May 1959 survived by his second wife, Joan.
Sources:
*The Times* 29 May 1959 p 17 c, and 14 August, Will

*Lancet* 1959, 1, 1211 with portrait

*Brit med J* 1959, 1, 1533 with portrait
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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Asset Path:
Root/Lives of the Fellows/E005000-E005999/E005300-E005399
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Unknown