Resource Name:
Resource Type:
External Resource
Asset Name:
E006269 - Wood, Duncan (1886 - 1969)
Title:
Wood, Duncan (1886 - 1969)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E006269
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2014-10-31
Subject:
Description:
Obituary for Wood, Duncan (1886 - 1969), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Wood, Duncan
Date of Birth:
2 September 1886
Date of Death:
24 July 1969
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS 1909
FRCS 1912
LRCP 1909
Details:
Duncan Wood was born on 2 September 1886 and did his medical course at the London Hospital qualifying with the Conjoint Diploma in 1909. After house appointments at the London Hospital he became a registrar at the Bristol General Hospital and later consultant surgeon and lecturer on operative surgery in the University of Bristol. He retired from the hospital at the age of 60 in 1946, and then moved to Plymouth where he became Director of the South West Joint Cancer Organization until 1952.
Wood took a prominent part in professional life of Bristol and was Chairman of the Bristol Division of the BMA in 1929-1930. He had a very happy home life and his three sons followed him into the medical profession. He died suddenly on 24 July 1969 aged 82.
Sources:
*Brit med J* 1969, 3, 419
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/E006000-E006999/E006200-E006299
Media Type:
Unknown
