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E005551 - Skevington, Sir Joseph Oliver (1873 - 1952)
Title:
Skevington, Sir Joseph Oliver (1873 - 1952)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E005551
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2014-06-25
Description:
Obituary for Skevington, Sir Joseph Oliver (1873 - 1952), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Skevington, Sir Joseph Oliver
Date of Birth:
2 February 1873
Place of Birth:
Rothley, Leicestershire
Date of Death:
29 February 1952
Place of Death:
Windsor
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
KCVO 1919

MRCS 10 February 1898

FRCS 14 December 1899

LRCP 1898
Details:
Born at Rothley, Leicestershire on 2 February 1873 the second son of J H Skevington JP, a farmer, and his wife Emma Kirkham, he was educated at Oakham, Rutlandshire and at St Mary's Hospital, London, where he served as house surgeon. After a period as clinical assistant at the Great Ormond Street Hospital for sick children he went to the South African war as a civil surgeon with the field force. Skevington then settled at Windsor as a consultant, and attained to a large practice in the neighbourhood. He became surgeon and later senior consulting surgeon to the King Edward VII Hospital, Windsor, which he also served as radiologist, and he was consulting surgeon to the cottage hospitals at Bagshot, Egham, Iver, Maidenhead, Staines, and Windlesham, and to Ascot hospital, the Raymead children's hospital at Maidenhead, and HRH Princess Alice's home for totally disabled soldiers and sailors at Slough. During the war of 1914-18 he served under the British Red Cross as senior civil surgeon at their No 2 hospital at Rouen, and later with the rank of Captain RAMC (1918) was attached to the Brigade of Guards at Pirbright camp and in command of the Victoria Barracks, Windsor. He was knighted KCVO in 1919. In the war of 1939-45 he was commissioned Surgeon-Major in the Home Guard. Skevington retired in 1937 after thirty-four years active work, but continued to live at Belmont, 15 York-road, Windsor. The operating theatre at the King Edward VII hospital was named Skevington in his honour. He was a well-known and popular figure in the district, liked for his downright opinions and practical ability. He never married. He died at his own house on 29 February 1952 aged 79. Publications: Valvular pneumothorax, with W Ferris. *St Mary's Hosp Gaz* 1898, 4, 90. Two cases of aneurysm. *Ibid* 1901, 7, 3.
Sources:
*The Times 3 March 1952 p 6 e

*Brit med J* 1952, 1, 660 by J G Jones

Information from Miss Agnes Brooks of Windsor
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Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
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Obituary
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Root/Lives of the Fellows/E005000-E005999/E005500-E005599
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