Resource Name:
Resource Type:
External Resource
Asset Name:
E007801 - Averill, Thomas Leslie Francis (1928 - 1994)
Title:
Averill, Thomas Leslie Francis (1928 - 1994)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E007801
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2015-09-02
Subject:
Description:
Obituary for Averill, Thomas Leslie Francis (1928 - 1994), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Averill, Thomas Leslie Francis
Date of Birth:
18 March 1928
Place of Birth:
Christchurch, New Zealand
Date of Death:
30 December 1994
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS and FRCS 1966
MB ChB Otago 1955
DO 1959
FRACO
Details:
Born on 18 March 1928 in Christchurch, Averill was educated at Christ's College, Christchurch, at Canterbury University College and then at the Otago Medical School. He spent two years as house surgeon to Palmerston North Hospital and then came to Britain to study ophthalmology at Moorfields, obtaining the DO in 1959 and his Fellowship in Ophthalmology in 1966. In 1967 he was appointed visiting ophthalmologist to Christchurch Hospital, having brought back from Britain a wealth of experience in new techniques for treating retinal detachment, and remained an expert in this field, being one of the first to use the laser for these operations.
His leisure interests were in skiing, sailing, photography and amateur radio. He married Sheila Catlin in 1961, but she died in 1989. He was survived by three sons and a daughter. He died on 30 December 1994, aged 66 years.
Sources:
*NZ Med J* 1995 108 212
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/E007800-E007899
Media Type:
Unknown
