Resource Name:
Resource Type:
External Resource
Asset Name:
E008668 - Hird, George Frederick (1919 - 1998)
Title:
Hird, George Frederick (1919 - 1998)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E008668
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2015-11-03
Subject:
Description:
Obituary for Hird, George Frederick (1919 - 1998), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Hird, George Frederick
Date of Birth:
1919
Date of Death:
12 December 1998
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS 1943
FRCS 1953
LRCP 1943
Details:
George Hird received his medical training at the Westminster Hospital and qualified in 1943. After the war he specialized in orthopaedic surgery, doing registrar posts at the Royal National Orthopaedic, the Royal West Sussex Hospital Chichester and the Central Middlesex Hospitals. He became consultant orthopaedic surgeon to the Huddersfield group of hospitals. He married Molly and they had two daughters, Sarah and Diana. He died on 12 December 1998 aged 79, predeceased by his wife and survived by his daughters and grandchildren, Philip and Katie.
Sources:
*Daily Telegraph* 16 December 1998, 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/E008600-E008699
Media Type:
Unknown
