Resource Name:
Resource Type:
External Resource
Asset Name:
E006367 - Chalmers, Hugh Alexander Cuthill (1914 - 1980)
Title:
Chalmers, Hugh Alexander Cuthill (1914 - 1980)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E006367
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2014-11-21
Subject:
Description:
Obituary for Chalmers, Hugh Alexander Cuthill (1914 - 1980), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Chalmers, Hugh Alexander Cuthill
Date of Birth:
27 December 1914
Place of Birth:
Dunoon, Renfrewshire
Date of Death:
15 August 1980
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS 1939
FRCS 1942
MB BS London 1940
LRCP 1939
Details:
Born on 27 December 1914, at Dunoon, Renfrewshire, the son of a Scottish minister, Hugh lived in Naples as a child and went to school in Switzerland. He qualified MRCS LRCP from Westminster Hospital Medical School in 1939 and MB BS (London) in 1940. During the war-time bombing of London he worked at Charing Cross Hospital. In 1942 he took the FRCS and later joined the RAF serving as a Squadron-Leader surgical specialist in Ceylon and the Middle East.
In 1947 he was appointed to the Guildford Hospitals, where he worked as a consultant general surgeon for over thirty years. He gained a high reputation for his surgical skill and his personal concern for his patients. He was well- known for his wry sense of humour and spontaneous wit and was universally and affectionately known as 'Joe'.
He died on 15 August, 1980, leaving his wife, Celia and one daughter, a dental surgeon; and one son, a consultant radiologist.
Sources:
*Brit med J* 1980, 281, 1223-4
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/E006300-E006399
Media Type:
Unknown
