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Asset Name:
E005945 - Millar, David Gavin (1930 - 1971)
Title:
Millar, David Gavin (1930 - 1971)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E005945
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2014-09-18
Description:
Obituary for Millar, David Gavin (1930 - 1971), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Millar, David Gavin
Date of Birth:
1930
Date of Death:
4 March 1971
Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS and FRCS 1959

MB BS Durham 1952

MRCOG 1962
Details:
David Gavin Millar graduated MB BS with honours at Durham University in 1952 and took the FRCS in 1959 and the MRCOG in 1962. Later he served on the Council of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. He was senior lecturer in the department of obstetrics and gynaecology of the University of Newcastle upon Tyne before going to Southampton, where he became Foundation Professor of Human Reproduction and Obstetrics at Southampton University Medical School. He was previously a visiting professor of obstetrics in New York State University in 1967, after studying in the United States the previous year. David Millar was by a few days the first clinical professor to be appointed to the new Southampton medical school, but sadly he did not live to see its first students. He was a superb practising obstetrician and gynaecologist. Among many other contributions at Southampton he laid the foundations for a sound policy for the development of medical computing in the Wessex hospital region, being himself a competent computer programmer. He died on 4 March 1971 and is survived by his wife, Dr Mary Millar, and two sons and two daughters.
Sources:
*The Times* 8 March 1971 Memoir 9 March 1971

*Daily Telegraph* 8 March 1971

*Brit med J* 1971, 1, 676, 730
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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/E005900-E005999
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