Resource Name:
Resource Type:
External Resource
Asset Name:
E006902 - Ross, Harold James (1903 - 1982)
Title:
Ross, Harold James (1903 - 1982)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E006902
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2015-03-09
Subject:
Description:
Obituary for Ross, Harold James (1903 - 1982), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Ross, Harold James
Date of Birth:
1903
Place of Birth:
Rothienorman, Aberdeenshire
Date of Death:
4 November 1982
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS and FRCS 1937
MB ChB Aberdeen 1932
Details:
Harold James Ross was born in Rothienorman, Aberdeenshire, and was educated at Inverurie Academy and Robert Gordon's College, Aberdeen. He graduated in medicine from Aberdeen University in 1932 after a distinguished undergraduate career and obtained the FRCS in 1937. Subsequently he worked in various London hospitals and at the University of the West Indies in Kingston, Jamaica. During the second world war he served in the United Kingdom as an ear, nose and throat surgical specialist, and thereafter he acted as a ship's surgeon on the Cunard and Union Castle lines.
Ross retired in the early 1960s for health reasons and spent most of his retirement in Cults, Aberdeen. He was unmarried. He died on 4 November, aged 79 years.
Sources:
*Brit med J* 1983, 286, 731
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/E006900-E006999
Media Type:
Unknown
