Resource Name:
Resource Type:
External Resource
Asset Name:
E005681 - Burke, Frank David (1906 - 1965)
Title:
Burke, Frank David (1906 - 1965)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E005681
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2014-07-22
Subject:
Description:
Obituary for Burke, Frank David (1906 - 1965), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Burke, Frank David
Date of Birth:
1906
Date of Death:
28 December 1965
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS and FRCS 1935
MB BS Melbourne 1929
MD 1932
FRACS 1937
Details:
Frank Burke was educated at Melbourne University and qualified in 1929. From 1932, when he took his MD degree, to 1934 he was medical superintendent of the Royal Melbourne Hospital. He then came to England and took the Fellowship in 1935; returning to Melbourne he took the Australasian Fellowship in 1937; and from 1939 to 1946 was acting surgeon to outpatients at the Royal Melbourne Hospital, becoming surgeon to inpatients at Prince Henry's Hospital in 1946.
Burke practised at 6 Queen's Street, Melbourne and resided at 90 The Esplanade, Brighton Beach, Melbourne. He died after a short illness on 28 December 1965.
Sources:
Information from Professor K F Russell FRACS, of Melbourne
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
