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E005559 - Smith, Percy Montague (1871 - 1961)
Title:
Smith, Percy Montague (1871 - 1961)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E005559
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2014-06-25
Description:
Obituary for Smith, Percy Montague (1871 - 1961), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Smith, Percy Montague
Date of Birth:
6 July 1871
Date of Death:
31 August 1961
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS 9 May 1895

FRCS 10 June 1909

LSA 1894

LRCP 1895

MB London 1903

MD 1904
Details:
Born on 6 July 1871 elder son of W H Smith, a civil engineer at Chatham Naval dockyard, P M Smith was educated at Epsom College, as were his brother Sidney Maynard Smith FRCS, surgeon to St Mary's 1906-28, and son and at St Mary's. While practising as a children's physician he gained the Fellowship in 1909, but never took up surgery. He was clinical assistant to the Victoria Hospital for Children, and subsequently physician to the Kensington Hospital for Children and from 1928 to 1952 to the Princess Louise Children's Hospital. He served on the Council of the Medical Society of London, and was an active member of the distribution committee of the Royal Medical Benevolent Fund until his ninetieth year. In Freemasonry he attained the rank of Past Grand Deacon. Mrs Montague Smith died in 1953 and he died on 31 August 1961 aged 90, survived by his son Harold Montague-Smith a marine engineer.
Sources:
*Brit med J* 1961, 2, 835
Rights:
Copyright (c) The Royal College of Surgeons of England
Collection:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Format:
Obituary
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Asset Path:
Root/Lives of the Fellows/E005000-E005999/E005500-E005599
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