Resource Name:
Resource Type:
External Resource
Asset Name:
E008555 - Debenham, Guy Philip (1923 - 2002)
Title:
Debenham, Guy Philip (1923 - 2002)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E008555
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2015-10-22
Subject:
Description:
Obituary for Debenham, Guy Philip (1923 - 2002), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Debenham, Guy Philip
Date of Birth:
27 January 1923
Place of Birth:
Scarborough, Yorkshire
Date of Death:
1 December 2002
Place of Death:
Canada
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS and FRCS 1955
MB ChB Edinburgh 1945
LMCC 1958
FRCSC 1963
Details:
Guy Debenham was born in Scarborough, Yorkshire, on 27 January 1923, the second son of Leonard Snowden Debenham, a surgeon, and Anna Archer-Shee, a nurse and the daughter of a banker. He was educated at Stonyhurst and Edinburgh University. He did junior posts at Leith Infirmary, Worcester, Wolverhampton, Rochester, Gloucester, Swindon and Sheffield United Hospitals, falling under the influence of J K Monro, W J Lyttle, Bob Zachary and Frank Holdsworth. He did his National Service in the RAMC in the Middle East.
He was married three times; firstly to Judy in 1949, she died the following year and secondly to Marjorie in 1954 and she died in 1982. His third wife, Diane, whom he married in 1984, survives him. He was a keen wood engraver and played the flute. He died on 1 December 2002 in Canada.
Sources:
*The Times* 5 December 2002, without memoir
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/E008500-E008599
Media Type:
Unknown
