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Asset Name:
E007697 - Tasker, John Holmes (1917 - 1989)
Title:
Tasker, John Holmes (1917 - 1989)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E007697
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2015-08-07
Description:
Obituary for Tasker, John Holmes (1917 - 1989), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Tasker, John Holmes
Date of Birth:
20 January 1917
Place of Birth:
London
Date of Death:
9 July 1989
Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS 1941

FRCS 1948

MB BCh Cambridge 1942

LRCP 1941
Details:
John Holmes Tasker was born in London on 20 January 1917, the son of Dr Ludwig Tasker, a general practitioner, and May, née Gadsden, a registered nurse. He was educated at Epsom College before entering Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, in 1935 with the Haviland exhibition. After completing pre-clinical studies he entered University College Hospital where his father had been a student and he qualified in 1941 having won the junior clinical surgery prize in 1939. Shortly after qualifying he joined the Royal Army Medical Corps serving initially as general duties medical officer at Chester Military Hospital and 79th British General Hospital before being appointed ship's adjutant to the hospital ship *Empress of Russia*. Later in the war he served as a graded surgeon in North West Europe attached to 15th Scottish General Hospital and was mentioned in despatches in 1945. After demobilisation he passed the FRCS in 1948 and served as registrar at the Northern Hospital, Liverpool, from 1948 to 1949 and senior registrar to the Royal Hospital, Sheffield, from 1949 to 1955, when he was appointed consultant surgeon to Ancoats Hospital, Manchester, and the North Manchester Hospital. His work included both general surgery and urology and he maintained his interest in undergraduate teaching as medical students from Manchester were seconded to both these hospitals. He retired from practice in 1982 and was able to continue his interest in fly fishing and gardening, as well as a great love of classical music, especially Beethoven, until his death on 9 July 1989, aged 72. He was twice married and had four sons by his first marriage, two of whom are medical practitioners.
Sources:
Information from Mrs G Tasker
Rights:
Copyright (c) The Royal College of Surgeons of England
Collection:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Format:
Obituary
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Asset Path:
Root/Lives of the Fellows/E007000-E007999/E007600-E007699
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