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Asset Name:
E007783 - Aitken, Leicester Hammond (1911 - 1992)
Title:
Aitken, Leicester Hammond (1911 - 1992)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E007783
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2015-09-01
Description:
Obituary for Aitken, Leicester Hammond (1911 - 1992), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Aitken, Leicester Hammond
Date of Birth:
10 January 1911
Place of Birth:
Wallasy
Date of Death:
18 March 1992
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS and FRCS 1941

MB ChB Otago 1937

FICS 1944

MA Cantab 1942
Details:
Leicester Hammond Aitken was born on 10 January 1911 in Wallasey, England, son of Alexander, a schoolmaster and Florence (Hammond). Presumably his parents emigrated to New Zealand as he was educated at Waitaki School and Otago University, qualifying in 1937. During the second world war he served as captain on the New Zealand hospital ship *Manganui* in the Pacific fleet. In England after the war he was lecturer in anatomy, Cambridge, resident surgical officer at the Liverpool Royal Infirmary and chief surgical officer, Manchester Royal Infirmary, gaining the FRCS in 1942. In the same year he married Edith Iris Webber and they had two sons, one who became an architect and one an engineer. His interests were in yachting and golf. He died on 18 March 1992.
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/E007700-E007799
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Unknown