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Asset Name:
E008689 - Irvine, Gerard Sutherland (1913 - 1997)
Title:
Irvine, Gerard Sutherland (1913 - 1997)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E008689
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2015-11-06
Description:
Obituary for Irvine, Gerard Sutherland (1913 - 1997), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Irvine, Gerard Sutherland
Date of Birth:
19 June 1913
Place of Birth:
Naini Tal, India
Date of Death:
9 August 1997
Titles/Qualifications:
CBE 1970

OStJ 1969

MRCS 1937

FRCS 1967

MB BS London 1937

DLO 1940

LRCP 1937
Details:
Gerard Irvine was a consultant otorhinolaryngologist in the Royal Navy. He was born in Naini Tal, India, on 19 June 1913, the son of Major Gerard Byrom Corrie Irvine of the Indian Army and Maud Andree née Wylde. His grandfather, Gerard James Irvine, had served in the Navy as Inspector General of Hospitals and Fleets. Gerard was educated at the Imperial Service College, Windsor, and Epsom College, Surrey, where he was awarded the Jenks memorial scholarship. He received his medical education at University College, London, and was awarded the Liston gold medal for surgery, where he worked for Wilfred Trotter, Gwynne Williams, Sir John McNee and Clifford White. He became a house surgeon at the Royal Ear Hospital, then spent a period at the Royal Hospital Wolverhampton, working in general surgery with Milnes Walker, before returning to London to the Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital. He entered the Royal Navy and spent his career there as an otorhinolaryngologist, eventually becoming senior consultant in ear, nose and throat surgery to the Royal Navy and medical officer in charge of the surgical division at the Royal Naval Hospital Haslar from 1966 to 1970. He served as adviser to the Medical Director General of the Ministry of Defence. He was a member of the council of the British Association of Otolaryngologists from 1958 to 1970. Irvine wrote a number of papers on service-related topics and on a variety of unusual conditions of the nose and nasopharynx. He was a quiet and unassuming man who had an intense interest in the Navy. In his retirement he pursued his interest in philately, gardening and was a keen handyman. In 1939, he married Phyllis Lucy Lawrie, a nurse. There was one son of the marriage, Martin, who is a Commander in the Royal Navy, and two grandchildren, James and Clare. Gerard died on 9 August 1997.
Sources:
*Daily Telegraph* 15 August 1997, without memoir
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/E008600-E008699
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