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Asset Name:
E009252 - Spivey, Christopher John (1937 - 2016)
Title:
Spivey, Christopher John (1937 - 2016)
Author:
Tina Craig
Identifier:
RCS: E009252
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2016-10-07

2019-12-03
Description:
Obituary for Spivey, Christopher John (1937 - 2016), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Spivey, Christopher John
Date of Birth:
3 March 1937
Date of Death:
9 August 2016
Place of Death:
Chelmsford
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
MB BS London 1960

MRCS LRCP 1960

FRCS 1966
Details:
Christopher John Spivey was an orthopaedic surgeon at Southend Hospital from 1970 to 2000. Born on 3 March 1937, he studied medicine at London University and trained at the London Hospital graduating MB BS in 1960. That same year he passed the conjoint examination and proceeded to gain the fellowship of the college in 1966. After house jobs at the London and at St Margaret’s Hospital, Epping he was appointed consultant orthopaedic surgeon to Southend Health District. He was a fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine and of the British Orthopaedic Association and the author of papers on indentation studies of articular cartilage in normal and osteoarthrosic femoral heads. His wife Julia predeceased him. When he died on 9 August 2016 in Broomfield Hospital, Chelmsford aged 79, he was survived by his second wife Sharon, sons Mark and Philip, and grandchildren Matilda, Joe and Olivia
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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/E009000-E009999/E009200-E009299
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Unknown