Skinner, George Robert (1825 - 1856)
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Royal College of Surgeons of England

Asset Name
E003502 - Skinner, George Robert (1825 - 1856)

Title
Skinner, George Robert (1825 - 1856)

Author
Royal College of Surgeons of England

Identifier
RCS: E003502

Publisher
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England

Publication Date
2013-01-31

Subject
Medical Obituaries

Description
Obituary for Skinner, George Robert (1825 - 1856), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.

Language
English

Source
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows

Full Name
Skinner, George Robert

Date of Birth
16 September 1825

Date of Death
26 March 1856

Place of Death
Bath

Occupation
Military surgeon

Titles/Qualifications
MRCS January 22nd 1847
 
FRCS December 9th 1852

Details
Born on September 16th, 1825, son of George Skinner, surgeon, of Walcot, Somerset. He joined the Bengal Army as Assistant Surgeon on December 20th, 1852. In 1849-1850 he was student in human and comparative anatomy at the Royal College of Surgeons, and his MS folio volume referring to work done as a student is in the Library. It forms part of the E C Hulme Volume, and bears the date 1850. (*See* HULME, EDWARD CHARLES.) Skinner appears to have chiefly employed himself in the dissection of a Malayan tapir. His early death took place at Bath on March 26th, 1856.

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/E003000-E003999/E003500-E003599

URL for File
375685

Media Type
Unknown