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Resource Type:
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Asset Name:
E008806 - Murray, Eric Taylor (1922 - 2001)
Title:
Murray, Eric Taylor (1922 - 2001)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E008806
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2015-11-18
Description:
Obituary for Murray, Eric Taylor (1922 - 2001), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Murray, Eric Taylor
Date of Birth:
1922
Date of Death:
11 April 2001
Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS and FRCS 1951

MB BS Aberdeen 1944
Details:
Eric Murray studied medicine in Aberdeen, qualifying in 1944. After junior posts, he did his National Service, and afterwards worked as a registrar on rotation at Luton and Dunstable, the Central Middlesex and the Royal Free Hospitals. In 1959, he was appointed consultant surgeon initially at Tilbury and Billericay, and then at Basildon, Orsett and Brentwood Nuffield Hospitals. In 1977, he suffered a major heart attack, and became a part-time radiologist at Basildon until he retired in 1983. He was a keen golfer, achieving a hole in one, for which his club awarded him a special tie. He married his wife Laurie, who predeceased him. They had three sons. There are four grandchildren. He died from left ventricular failure on 11 April 2001.
Sources:
BMJ 2001 323 286, with portrait
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/E008800-E008899
Media Type:
Unknown