Resource Name:
Resource Type:
External Resource
Asset Name:
E007284 - Golden, Gerald Newton (1900 - 1990)
Title:
Golden, Gerald Newton (1900 - 1990)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E007284
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2015-05-18
Subject:
Description:
Obituary for Golden, Gerald Newton (1900 - 1990), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Golden, Gerald Newton
Date of Birth:
1900
Date of Death:
13 October 1990
Place of Death:
Kabul, Afghanistan
Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS 1925
FRCS 1931
MB BS London 1923
MB Rio de Janeiro 1929
Details:
Gerald Golden only revealed the year of his birth on his 90th birthday. He trained at the London Hospital, qualifying in 1923. Soon after he went to Brazil, mainly to work in a mission hospital and for his scientific work during a typhoid epidemic he was awarded MB by the University of Rio de Janeiro in 1929. After returning to the London Hospital he passed FRCS in 1931 and proceeded to work as a general practitioner/surgeon in Haslemere, Surrey. At one time he was orthopaedic and accident surgeon to the Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford, the Royal Hants County Hospital, Winchester, and orthopaedic surgeon to Haslemere and District Hospitals. During the second world war he was EMS orthopaedic surgeon, being appointed consultant at the end of the war.
Gerald was a committed Christian and was always concerned with health problems in developing countries. After retirement to Colyton, Devon, in 1965 and the death of his wife he returned to practice in Nigeria, India and Afghanistan. He was a leading light in World Orthopaedic Concern. He died in Kabul, Afghanistan, on 13 October 1990.
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/E007000-E007999/E007200-E007299
Media Type:
Unknown
