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Asset Name:
E005567 - Spong, Ambrose (1875 - 1959)
Title:
Spong, Ambrose (1875 - 1959)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E005567
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2014-06-25
Description:
Obituary for Spong, Ambrose (1875 - 1959), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Spong, Ambrose
Date of Birth:
1875
Date of Death:
8 December 1959
Place of Death:
Jersey
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS and FRCS 9 December 1909

MB ChB Leeds 1898

MD Manchester 1912

Barrister-at-Law, Gray's Inn 1927
Details:
Born in 1875 youngest son of Frederick Spong of Old Mauston House near Leeds, he was educated at Leeds and at the London Hospital. After qualification he was appointed house surgeon at Leeds General Infirmary. He served as civil surgeon with the South African Field Force during the Boer War, for which service he received two medals and clasp. During the war of 1914-18 he had a temporary commission in the RAMC and he became consulting surgeon to the South Torbay Hospital, Torquay, having at one time been attached to the Devon and Exeter Hospital. He died on 8 December 1959 at his home in Jersey, aged 84, survived by his wife.
Sources:
*The Times* 10 December 1959 no memoir
Rights:
Copyright (c) The Royal College of Surgeons of England
Collection:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Format:
Obituary
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Root/Lives of the Fellows/E005000-E005999/E005500-E005599
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Unknown