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Asset Name:
E005558 - Springford, William Edmund (1913 - 1954)
Title:
Springford, William Edmund (1913 - 1954)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E005558
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2014-06-25
Description:
Obituary for Springford, William Edmund (1913 - 1954), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Springford, William Edmund
Date of Birth:
1913
Place of Birth:
Faversham, Kent
Date of Death:
18 May 1954
Place of Death:
Northwood, Middlesex
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS and FRCS 11 December 1941

MB BS London 1936
Details:
Born at Faversham, Kent, the son of William Lionel Springford, he was educated at Charing Cross Hospital, qualifying in 1936. After holding resident posts at the Kent and Sussex Hospital, Tunbridge Wells, and the Chesterfield and North Derby Royal Hospital, he was surgical registrar at Charing Cross Hospital, where he won the J H Morgan surgical prize in 1942. He was appointed to the staff of the Mount Vernon Hospital, Northwood, and was consulting surgeon to the Royal Masonic Institute for Girls. He lived at Copthorne, Ducks Hill, Northwood, Middlesex, and died there on 18 May 1954 aged 41, survived by his wife. Publication: Congenital elephantiasis. *Proc Roy Soc Med* 1944, 37, 232-233.
Sources:
*The Times* 20 May 1954, without memoir
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