Pritchard, Graham Cleverly (1913 - 2010)
by
 
Sarah Gillam

Asset Name
E001589 - Pritchard, Graham Cleverly (1913 - 2010)

Title
Pritchard, Graham Cleverly (1913 - 2010)

Author
Sarah Gillam

Identifier
RCS: E001589

Publisher
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England

Publication Date
2011-11-14
 
2014-07-25

Subject
Medical Obituaries

Description
Obituary for Pritchard, Graham Cleverly (1913 - 2010), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.

Language
English

Source
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows

Full Name
Pritchard, Graham Cleverly

Date of Birth
11 June 1913

Date of Death
23 March 2010

Occupation
Ophthalmic surgeon

Titles/Qualifications
MB BChir Cambridge 1939
 
DOMS 1942
 
FRCS 1953

Details
Graham Cleverly Pritchard was a consultant ophthalmic surgeon at King's College Hospital. His father was a general practitioner in Highgate, London. He studied medicine at Clare College, Cambridge, and King's College Hospital, London, qualifying MB BChir in 1939. At the outbreak of the Second World War he joined the RAMC and was allowed to continue training in ophthalmology. He passed the diploma in ophthalmic medicine in 1942 and was initially posted to the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast. He then saw service in France, Italy, Burma and India, ending the war in Hong Kong. He returned to the UK and was demobilised in 1947. He returned to King's College Hospital as an ophthalmic registrar, and in 1953 gained his FRCS. He remained at King's for the rest of his career, retiring as a senior consultant in 1978. He also held appointments at the Royal Eye Hospital, Dr Barnado's homes, St Stephen's Hospital, Chelsea, Cheyne Children's Home, Dulwich, and St Giles' Hospital. In addition, he had a private practice in Harley Street and from his home in Dulwich. He moved to Cumbria when he retired, where he held weekly clinics at local opticians in Carlisle and Whitehaven until he was in his late eighties. Graham Cleverly Pritchard died on 23 March 2010, at the age of 96. Predeceased by his wife, Rosemary (née Newton), a former nurse he had met at King's College Hospital, and whom he married in April 1943, he was survived by two sons, two daughters, seven grandchildren and a great granddaughter.

Sources
*BMJ* 2010 340 3466

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/E001000-E001999/E001500-E001599

URL for File
373772

Media Type
Unknown