Resource Name:
Resource Type:
External Resource
Asset Name:
E006402 - Daly, Ashley Skeffington (1882 - 1977)
Title:
Daly, Ashley Skeffington (1882 - 1977)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E006402
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2014-11-25
Subject:
Description:
Obituary for Daly, Ashley Skeffington (1882 - 1977), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Daly, Ashley Skeffington
Date of Birth:
12 July 1882
Date of Death:
15 September 1977
Place of Death:
Devon
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS 1905
FRCS 1944
FFARCS 1948
DA 1935
LRCP 1905
Details:
Ashley Skeffington Daly was born on 12 July 1882, his father being an MD in practice in Hackney. He was educated at the Merchant Taylors School and the London Hospital and qualified MRCS, LRCP in 1905. He obtained the DA England in 1935 and was one of the first to practise anaesthetics as a speciality. Appointments followed as senior casualty anaesthetist to the London Hospital, to the Royal Marine Hospital and casualty anaesthetist to the Army in the second world war with the rank of Brigadier.
He was President of the Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland. In 1944 he obtained the FRCS and the FFARCS in 1948. He published many articles on anaesthesia and wrote *The house surgeon's vade mecum* and *The manual of war surgery*.
Daly married Maude, née James, and they had a son and a daughter. He moved to Devon on his retirement and died there on 15 September 1977 aged 95 years.
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/E006400-E006499
Media Type:
Unknown
