Resource Name:
Resource Type:
External Resource
Asset Name:
E009197 - Sharp, Ian Kerr (1924 - 1997)
Title:
Sharp, Ian Kerr (1924 - 1997)
Author:
Sarah Gillam
Identifier:
RCS: E009197
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2016-07-27
2019-12-02
Subject:
Description:
Obituary for Sharp, Ian Kerr (1924 - 1997), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Sharp, Ian Kerr
Date of Birth:
14 May 1924
Place of Birth:
Perth, Scotland
Date of Death:
October 1997
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
BSc St Andrews 1944
MB ChB 1947
MCh Liverpool 1956
FRCS 1959
Details:
Ian Sharp was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at the Hospital of St Cross, Rugby and Coventry and Warwick Hospital. He was born on 14 May 1924 in Perth, the only son of Arthur James Sharp, a builder, and Alison Blyth Sharp née Donald, a teacher. He studied at Perth Academy and went on to study medicine at University College, Dundee, then part of the University of St Andrews. He gained a BSc in 1944 and qualified in 1947.
In September 1948, he became a flight lieutenant in the RAF. He was a house surgeon at Liverpool Royal Infirmary, a senior house officer at Manchester Royal Infirmary and then an orthopaedic senior house officer at Liverpool Royal Infirmary. He stated he had been influenced by B G wells, John Charnley and Bryan MacFarland during his training. He gained his MCh in 1956 and his FRCS in 1959.
Outside medicine he enjoyed sailing. In 1949, he married Mavis Jagger in Southport, Lancashire. They had a son and two daughters. Ian Kerr Sharp died in October 1997 at the age of 73.
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/E009000-E009999/E009100-E009199
Media Type:
Unknown
