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Asset Name:
E008837 - Pearce, Gerald Huxham (1906 - 1997)
Title:
Pearce, Gerald Huxham (1906 - 1997)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E008837
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2015-11-25
Description:
Obituary for Pearce, Gerald Huxham (1906 - 1997), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Pearce, Gerald Huxham
Date of Birth:
15 May 1906
Place of Birth:
Plymouth
Date of Death:
6 December 1997
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS 1930

FRCS 1938

MB BS London 1933

LRCP 1930
Details:
Gerald Huxham Pearce was born in Stonehouse, Plymouth, on 15 May 1906, the son of Albert Preston Pearce, a bank manager, and Jessie Annie Ridge, of Holsworthy, North Devon. He was educated at Sidcot School, a Quaker school, in Somerset and then University College Hospital, where he was greatly influenced by Gwynne Williams, and played hockey, cricket and tennis. He did junior posts at UCH and became RSO at the Royal Salop Infirmary. After serving as surgical specialist to the EMS Hospital at Park Prewitt, he joined the RAF, rising to Squadron Leader. On demobilisation he became consultant orthopaedic surgeon to the Whittington Hospital, London, resigning in 1968 to pursue his private practice. He was a surgical specialist member of the Medical Legal Society. In 1979 he published a book, *The medical report and testimony* (London, Allen & Unwin). He married Eileen Barbara Wynne (née Lawler) in 1942. They had no children. He was a fine cellist, and broadcast solos on the BBC. He died on 6 December 1997.
Sources:
*BMJ* 1998 316 479
Rights:
Copyright (c) The Royal College of Surgeons of England
Collection:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Format:
Obituary
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Root/Lives of the Fellows/E008000-E008999/E008800-E008899
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Unknown