Resource Name:
Resource Type:
External Resource
Asset Name:
E006708 - McCann, Ralph Newton ( - 1975)
Title:
McCann, Ralph Newton ( - 1975)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E006708
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2015-01-28
Subject:
Description:
Obituary for McCann, Ralph Newton ( - 1975), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
McCann, Ralph Newton
Date of Death:
31 July 1975
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS and FRCS 1957
MB BS Adelaide 1946
DO 1957
Details:
Ralph Newton McCann was born in Australia and from 1934 to 1940 was at St Peter's Collegiate in Adelaide. He then attended the University and Royal Adelaide Hospital graduating MB BS in 1946. After a year in a house appointment he served in the Australian Army with BCOF Japan in 1947-48 and at Woomera 1948-49. He came to England and was resident clinical assistant at Moorfields Hospital. He obtained the FRCS in 1957 and in 1958 was appointed senior assistant ophthalmic surgeon Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital, Melbourne.
He married in 1967. He died on 31 July, 1975, survived by his wife Suzanne.
Sources:
Information from Mrs Suzanne McCann
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/E006700-E006799
Media Type:
Unknown
