Resource Name:
Resource Type:
External Resource
Asset Name:
E005370 - Fleming, Robert Hood (1889 - 1952)
Title:
Fleming, Robert Hood (1889 - 1952)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E005370
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2014-06-03
Subject:
Description:
Obituary for Fleming, Robert Hood (1889 - 1952), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Fleming, Robert Hood
Date of Birth:
26 May 1889
Date of Death:
3 April 1952
Place of Death:
Surbiton, Surrey
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS and FRCS 9 December 1920
BSc London 1908
MB BS 1915
Details:
Born on 26 May 1889 third child and eldest son of John Craigie Fleming, clerk, and his wife Rachel Robertson, he was educated at the Central Foundation School and at East London College, where he graduated in science in 1908. He received his medical training at the Middlesex Hospital. During the first world war he served in the RAMC, and was promoted Captain on 9 May 1917. Fleming settled in practice at Surbiton, Surrey, living successively at 10 The Mall, 353 Ewell Road, and 65 Warren Drive, Tolworth. He married in 1921 Margaret Williams, who survived him with their two sons, Dr Peter Fleming MRCP and Dr John Fleming. He died at home on 3 April 1952 aged 62. Fleming was a member of the British Orthopaedic Association.
Sources:
*The Times* 5 April 1952 without memoir, the name is there spelled Flemming
Information from Mrs Margaret Fleming
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/E005300-E005399
Media Type:
Unknown
