Resource Name:
Resource Type:
External Resource
Asset Name:
E007744 - Thompson, John Herbert (1900 - 1989)
Title:
Thompson, John Herbert (1900 - 1989)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E007744
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2015-08-12
Subject:
Description:
Obituary for Thompson, John Herbert (1900 - 1989), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Thompson, John Herbert
Date of Birth:
2 April 1900
Date of Death:
28 June 1989
Place of Death:
Poole, Dorset
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS 1923
FRCS 1928
MB BS London 1924
LRCP 1923
Details:
John Herbert Thompson was born on 2 April 1900. He was educated at Bootham, York, whence he proceeded to University College Hospital, London, qualifying with the Conjoint Diploma in 1923. After house appointments and obtaining the FRCS in 1928 he joined the Colonial Service and was posted as a surgical specialist in the Palestine Medical Service. Subsequently he joined the Iraq Petroleum Company Hospital in Tripoli, Lebanon. In 1958-9 he was elected President of the BMA's Middle East branch. He was granted the Gold Medal of Merit by the Lebanese government. He retired to England and was living in Poole, Dorset, when he died on 28 June 1989, survived by his wife, Barbara, two sons, John and Michael; a daughter, Jane; seven grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
Sources:
*Brit med J* 1989, 299, 734
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/E007700-E007799
Media Type:
Unknown
