Resource Name:
Resource Type:
External Resource
Asset Name:
E007570 - Peake, Howard Livingstone (1901 - 1987)
Title:
Peake, Howard Livingstone (1901 - 1987)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E007570
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2015-07-02
Subject:
Description:
Obituary for Peake, Howard Livingstone (1901 - 1987), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Peake, Howard Livingstone
Date of Birth:
16 December 1901
Place of Birth:
Fianarantsoa, Madagascar
Date of Death:
1987
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS 1925
FRCS 1929
MB BS London 1926
LRCP 1925
Details:
Howard Livingstone Peake was born in Fianarantsoa, Madagascar, on 16 December 1901, the fourth child of George Henry Peake FRCS (Edinburgh) and Agnes Martha, née Fredoux. He was educated at Bournemouth Secondary School and Guy's Hospital Medical School. He qualified in 1925 and after serving as house surgeon to R Davies-Colley was appointed resident surgical officer at St Olave's Hospital, Rotherhithe, and later to the Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton, where he worked under M Fitzmaurice-Kelly.
After passing the FRCS examination in 1929 he emigrated to East Africa and was appointed orthopaedic consultant to Nairobi Hospital. He was founder of the Association of Surgeons of East Africa in 1950 and eventually retired to pursue his hobbies of big-game hunting and photography.
He died in 1987 and is survived by his wife Alice (née Greenwood) whom he married in 1937. There were two sons and one daughter.
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/E007500-E007599
Media Type:
Unknown
