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Asset Name:
E006027 - Purser, Derek Willey (1922 - 1970)
Title:
Purser, Derek Willey (1922 - 1970)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E006027
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2014-09-24
Description:
Obituary for Purser, Derek Willey (1922 - 1970), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Purser, Derek Willey
Date of Birth:
14 June 1922
Place of Birth:
Lancashire
Date of Death:
21 November 1970
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS and FRCS 1951

MB ChB Manchester 1964
Details:
Derek Willey Purser was born near Heywood, Lancashire, on 14 June 1922, and was educated at Heywood Grammar School and Manchester University where he graduated MB ChB in 1946. After house appointments he took the FRCS in 1951 and served for two years as an orthopaedic surgeon in the Army in Germany. In 1957 he was appointed consultant orthopaedic surgeon to the Lancaster and Kendal Group, and played his full part in the development of the casualty services in the North Lancashire and South Westmoreland area which included parts of the Lake District and other wild and mountainous districts. His other great interest was postgraduate education, for he was the first postgraduate tutor in Lancaster, acting both for the University of Manchester and the Royal College of Surgeons of England, and was chairman of the postgraduate centre committee. In his private life Derek Purser was devoted to his family, and enjoyed gardening, fishing, shooting and painting. He married Margaret Pearson SRN in 1947 and they had a son and two daughters. He had a serious illness in 1967, but was able to resume full work and all his other activities till he died suddenly on 21 November 1970. His wife and children survived him.
Sources:
*Brit med J* 1970, 4, 689
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/E006000-E006999/E006000-E006099
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