Bucknall, Thomas Rupert Hampden (1874 - 1913)
by
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Asset Name
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E001062 - Bucknall, Thomas Rupert Hampden (1874 - 1913)
Title
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Bucknall, Thomas Rupert Hampden (1874 - 1913)
Author
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Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier
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RCS: E001062
Publisher
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London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date
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2010-11-11
Subject
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Medical Obituaries
Description
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Obituary for Bucknall, Thomas Rupert Hampden (1874 - 1913), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language
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English
Source
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Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name
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Bucknall, Thomas Rupert Hampden
Date of Birth
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1874
Date of Death
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18 March 1913
Place of Death
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Bexhill, UK
Occupation
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General surgeon
Titles/Qualifications
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MRCS August 4th 1896
FRCS December 14th 1899
MB Lond (1st Class Honours) 1896
MD (Gold Medal) 1897
BS (1st Class Honours) 1898
MS 1900
Details
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Educated at University College and Hospital. He was elected House Surgeon and acted as Surgical Registrar for the year 1900-1901, when he was appointed Assistant Surgeon, succeeding to the full Surgeoncy in 1909. He was Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery with Sir Rickman J Godlee (qv) as Home Professor, and was a Fellow of University College. From 1901-1906 he was Surgeon in Charge of Out-patients at the Victoria Hospital for Children in Tite Street, Chelsea, and from 1906-1910 he was full Surgeon. He was awarded the John Hunter Medal and the Triennial Prize at the Royal College of Surgeons (1901-1903) for his dissertation on "The Pathological Conditions arising from Imperfect Closure of the Visceral Clefts".
A man of singular brilliance with a genius for friendship, he met with a severe motor accident in 1910. He was compelled to resign all his appointments and to retire to Bexhill, where he died unmarried on Tuesday, March 18th, 1913.
Sources
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*Univ. Coll. Hosp. Mag.*, 1912-13, iii, 180
Personal knowledge
Rights
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Copyright (c) The Royal College of Surgeons of England
Collection
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Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Format
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Obituary
Format
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Asset
Asset Path
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Root/Lives of the Fellows/E001000-E001999/E001000-E001099
URL for File
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373245
Media Type
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Unknown