Resource Name:
Resource Type:
External Resource
Asset Name:
E008262 - Rostron, Kenneth William Briggs (1912 - 1996)
Title:
Rostron, Kenneth William Briggs (1912 - 1996)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E008262
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2015-10-01
2018-02-22
Subject:
Description:
Obituary for Rostron, Kenneth William Briggs (1912 - 1996), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Rostron, Kenneth William Briggs
Date of Birth:
31 January 1912
Place of Birth:
Lancashire
Date of Death:
27 November 1996
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS and FRCS 1950
MA, MB BCh Cambridge 1937
DOMS 1947
Details:
Kenneth Rostron received his medical education at Cambridge and Manchester and qualified in 1937, obtaining the DOMS in 1947 and his Fellowship in 1950. After qualifying and deciding to specialise in ophthalmology he was chief clinical assistant at the Westminster branch of Moorfields and at the Central Eye Hospital before becoming consultant ophthalmic surgeon to the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Hospital Authority. He died on 27 November 1996. His son, Chad Kenneth Rostron, is also a Fellow of the College.
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/E008000-E008999/E008200-E008299
Media Type:
Unknown
