Resource Name:
Resource Type:
External Resource
Asset Name:
E006563 - Harris, Charles Wilbur (1894 - 1977)
Title:
Harris, Charles Wilbur (1894 - 1977)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E006563
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2014-12-11
Subject:
Description:
Obituary for Harris, Charles Wilbur (1894 - 1977), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Harris, Charles Wilbur
Date of Birth:
9 December 1894
Place of Birth:
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Date of Death:
18 December 1977
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS and FRCS 1926
BA Toronto 1919
MB 1921
FRCSC
Details:
Charles Wilbur Harris was born on 9 December 1894 in Toronto, Ontario and was educated there at Parkdale Collegiate. He graduated with the MB from Toronto University Faculty of Medicine in 1921 and obtained the FRCS in 1926. He held appointments at the Grace Hospital, Toronto, and the Toronto Western Hospital and became Associate Professor of Surgery at Toronto University. In 1953 he became President of the Toronto Academy of Medicine. During the first world war he was a Lieutenant in the RNVR. In 1927 he married Mary Kelly and they had a son, Wilbur, who qualified MD FRCS Canada and a daughter, Barbara, who graduated in sociology. He died on 18 December 1977, aged 83 years.
Sources:
*Can Med Ass J* 1978, 118, 563
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/E006500-E006599
Media Type:
Unknown
