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Asset Name:
E009114 - Hennessy, Jeremiah Dominic (1922 - 2013)
Title:
Hennessy, Jeremiah Dominic (1922 - 2013)
Author:
Sarah Gillam
Identifier:
RCS: E009114
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2016-05-12

2016-10-07
Description:
Obituary for Hennessy, Jeremiah Dominic (1922 - 2013), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Hennessy, Jeremiah Dominic
Date of Birth:
5 August 1922
Place of Birth:
Cork, Ireland
Date of Death:
2 December 2013
Place of Death:
Sutton Coldfield
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
MB BCh BAO NUI 1945

FRCS Edin 1952

MCh 1952

FRCS 1975
Details:
Jeremiah Dominic Hennessy was a consultant general surgeon at Sandwell District General Hospital. He was born in Cork, Ireland, on 5 August 1922, the son of Michael Joseph Hennessy, a draper, and Margaret Hennessy née O'Brien, a housewife. He was educated at Greenmount National School and Presentation College, Cork, before going on to study medicine at University College Cork, qualifying in 1945. From 1947 to 1949 he was a flight lieutenant in the RAF. After appointments as a house surgeon at Doncaster Royal Infirmary and St James's Hospital, Leeds, and as a senior surgical registrar in Coventry, he was appointed to his consultant post in Sandwell. At Sandwell he was the postgraduate clinical tutor from 1967 to 1973, and chairman of the medical executive committee from 1981 to 1986. He was president of the West Midlands Surgical Society from 1983 to 1984, and was a founder member of the Midlands Urological Club and the West Midlands Oncology Group. Outside medicine he enjoyed sailing, hillwalking and running. In 1947 he married Doris Agnes, a nurse. They had three daughters and one son. Jeremiah Dominic Hennessy died on 2 December 2013. He was 91.
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Copyright (c) The Royal College of Surgeons of England
Collection:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
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Obituary
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Asset Path:
Root/Lives of the Fellows/E009000-E009999/E009100-E009199
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