Resource Name:
Resource Type:
External Resource
Asset Name:
E008594 - Fenwick, Thomas (1914 - 2002)
Title:
Fenwick, Thomas (1914 - 2002)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E008594
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2015-10-29
Subject:
Description:
Obituary for Fenwick, Thomas (1914 - 2002), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Fenwick, Thomas
Date of Birth:
2 March 1914
Date of Death:
1 March 2002
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS 1938
FRCS 1948
MB BChir Cambridge 1939
MChir 1952
LRCP 1938
Details:
Born on 2 March 1914, Thomas Fenwick was the son of William Stephen Fenwick FRCS of Charing Cross Hospital. He was educated at Sherborne, and then went on to study at Cambridge and St Thomas's Hospital, representing each of these institutions at rugby and cricket. He did house jobs at St Thomas's, before joining the RAFVR. After the war, he was appointed RSO at Salisbury General Infirmary, from where he went as a senior registrar to Portsmouth. He was appointed as a consultant to the Portsmouth Group of Hospitals in 1952. He was a popular colleague and teacher. At the age of 60, he retired and took up raising quality beef cattle, supported by his wife, Eddie, and daughter. His hobbies included cabinet making, forestry, shooting and fishing. He died from heart failure on 1 March 2002. He had three grandchildren.
Sources:
*BMJ* 2002 324 1399
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
