Resource Name:
Resource Type:
External Resource
Asset Name:
E005601 - Lincoln, William Ayer (1878 - 1950)
Title:
Lincoln, William Ayer (1878 - 1950)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E005601
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2014-06-26
Subject:
Description:
Obituary for Lincoln, William Ayer (1878 - 1950), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Lincoln, William Ayer
Date of Birth:
1878
Place of Birth:
Stanstead, Quebec, Canada
Date of Death:
16 December 1950
Place of Death:
Calgary, Canada
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS and FRCS 11 June 1914
MD CM McGill 1904
FACS 1918
FRCPS © charter 1930
Details:
Born at Stanstead, Quebec in 1878, he was educated at McGill University, Montreal. After qualifying in 1904 he settled in practice at Calgary, Alberta, where he remained throughout his career, becoming a prominent citizen as well as a distinguished surgeon. He took the Fellowship in the summer of 1914; he was subsequently admitted a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada at its foundation.
Lincoln was surgeon to the General Hospital and the Holy Cross Hospital, Calgary, president of the Alberta Medical Association, and a member of the board of executives of the Canadian Medical Association. He started the local chapter of the Victorian Order of Nurses, was Chairman of Calgary Public Library, and an alderman of the city council. He died at Calgary on 16 December 1950 aged 72.
Sources:
*Canad med Ass J* 1951, 64, 371, where his name is wrongly given as Wallace Zyer Lincoln
*Proc Roy Coll Phys Surg Canada*, September 1951, p 105, without memoir
Rights:
Copyright (c) The Royal College of Surgeons of England
Collection:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Format:
Obituary
Format:
Asset
Asset Path:
Root/Lives of the Fellows/E005000-E005999/E005600-E005699
Media Type:
Unknown
