Resource Name:
Resource Type:
External Resource
Asset Name:
E007874 - Cox, Michael Gordon (1922 - 1992)
Title:
Cox, Michael Gordon (1922 - 1992)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E007874
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2015-09-07
Subject:
Description:
Obituary for Cox, Michael Gordon (1922 - 1992), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Cox, Michael Gordon
Date of Birth:
14 April 1922
Place of Birth:
Camberley, Surrey
Date of Death:
24 January 1992
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS 1945
FRCS 1951
MB BCh Cambridge 1946
DLO 1958
Details:
Michael Cox was born in Camberley, Surrey, on 14 April 1922, the son of Colonel Michael Cox of the Duke of Wellington's Regiment. From Bradfield School he went to Corpus Christi Cambridge, and then to St Thomas's Hospital, where he qualified in 1946. He did house appointments at St Thomas's and then his National Service in the RAMC. On demobilisation he returned to St Thomas's as registrar. passed the FRCS in 1951 and then changed from general surgery to otorhinolaryngology, becoming ENT registrar at St Thomas's and then senior registrar at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary.
In 1962 he was appointed consultant otorhinolaryngologist at Portsmouth and Chichester, as well as the King Edward VII Hospital, Midhurst. After his retirement in 1987 he was able to enjoy his hobbies of gardening, fly fishing and antiques. Five years later he developed a carcinoma of the caecum which was sadly inoperable at diagnosis, and he died on 24 January 1992. He married Patsy, a radiographer, in 1958 and they had five children, Amanda, Andrew, Michael, Adrian and Desmond, one of whom became a nurse.
Sources:
*BMJ* 1992 304 1565
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
