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Asset Name:
E007551 - Oliveira, Anthony Benjamin (1923 - 1983)
Title:
Oliveira, Anthony Benjamin (1923 - 1983)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E007551
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2015-07-02
Description:
Obituary for Oliveira, Anthony Benjamin (1923 - 1983), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Oliveira, Anthony Benjamin
Date of Birth:
23 November 1923
Place of Birth:
Ceylon
Date of Death:
10 November 1983
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS and FRCS 1957

MB BS London 1953
Details:
Anthony (Tony) Benjamin Oliveira was born in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) on 23 November 1923, the only child of Benjamin Ernest Graeme Oliveira and Edith Glenny, née Davies. He was educated at Stowe School and King's College, London, and later at Westminster Hospital. During the second world war he enlisted with the Royal Engineers and served as captain in the 6th Airborne Division, being captured after parachuting into Caen in 1944. At the end of the war he served in Palestine and was wounded by terrorist action. There his surgeon stimulated his interest in medicine so he proceeded to qualify in 1953 and to become a surgeon, gaining the FRCS in 1957. After training under virtually all the consultants at Westminster (Price-Thomas, Cade, d'Abreu, Cox, Drew, Westbury) and R H Franklin, he was appointed consultant surgeon, Isle of Wight, in 1965, becoming very popular with staff and patients. He enjoyed outdoor pursuits such as sailing, fishing, shooting, tennis and golf. In 1952 he married Pamela Maitland-Heriot and they had one son, who entered medicine, and a daughter. He died suddenly on 10 November 1983.
Sources:
*Brit med J* 1984, 288, 1387-1388
Rights:
Copyright (c) The Royal College of Surgeons of England
Collection:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Format:
Obituary
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Root/Lives of the Fellows/E007000-E007999/E007500-E007599
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Unknown