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Asset Name:
E005539 - Gushue-Taylor, George (1888 - 1954)
Title:
Gushue-Taylor, George (1888 - 1954)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E005539
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2014-06-24
Description:
Obituary for Gushue-Taylor, George (1888 - 1954), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Gushue-Taylor, George
Date of Birth:
1888
Date of Death:
22 April 1954
Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS 10 February 1910

FRCS 10 June 1920

LRCP 1910
Details:
Educated at the London Hospital, he came under the influence of Dr Barnado, who was then prominent in his Christian relief work in the East End. Gushue-Taylor served as principal medical officer to Dr Barnado's Homes and Hospitals. He went as a medical missionary to Formosa, then a Japanese colony, and founded there the Happy Mount Leprosy Colony which he directed for many years, and worked at the Mackay Hospital, Taihoku, Formosa. He later settled at Qualichum Beach, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, but died at sea on 22 April 1954 on his way home after a visit to Formosa, aged about 66.
Sources:
Information from W E Montgomery, his executor
Rights:
Copyright (c) The Royal College of Surgeons of England
Collection:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Format:
Obituary
Format:
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Asset Path:
Root/Lives of the Fellows/E005000-E005999/E005500-E005599
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Unknown