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Asset Name:
E008508 - Butterworth, Edward Alexander (1907 - 1997)
Title:
Butterworth, Edward Alexander (1907 - 1997)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E008508
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2015-10-22
Description:
Obituary for Butterworth, Edward Alexander (1907 - 1997), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Butterworth, Edward Alexander
Date of Birth:
6 July 1907
Place of Birth:
Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Date of Death:
26 November 1997
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS 1929

FRCS 1933

MB BS London 1930

LRCP 1929

DOMS 1945
Details:
Edward Alexander Butterworth was an ophthalmic surgeon to the Luton and Dunstable Hospital. He was born on 6 July 1907, at Port Elizabeth, South Africa, the son of Arthur Shaw Butterworth, a civil engineer, and Ida Evelyn White. He was educated at the Royal Masonic School, Bushey, from which he gained an entrance scholarship to St Mary's. He qualified in 1929, having been influenced by Charles Pannett and Harold Ridley. After training in ophthalmology at Moorfields, he became ophthalmic surgeon to the Luton and Dunstable Hospital. He married Sylvia Hardy in 1938, by whom he had two daughters and one son who followed his footsteps into medicine and qualified at St Mary's. His hobbies were gardening and sailing. He died on 26 November 1997.
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/E008000-E008999/E008500-E008599
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Unknown