Christianson, Ralph Alfred (1913 - 1947)
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Royal College of Surgeons of England

Asset Name
E003970 - Christianson, Ralph Alfred (1913 - 1947)

Title
Christianson, Ralph Alfred (1913 - 1947)

Author
Royal College of Surgeons of England

Identifier
RCS: E003970

Publisher
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England

Publication Date
2013-05-20

Subject
Medical Obituaries

Description
Obituary for Christianson, Ralph Alfred (1913 - 1947), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.

Language
English

Source
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows

Full Name
Christianson, Ralph Alfred

Date of Birth
4 February 1913

Date of Death
30 November 1947

Occupation
General surgeon

Titles/Qualifications
MRCS and FRCS 9 December 1943
 
MD Western Ontario 1936

Details
Born 4 February 1913, third of the four sons of William Dexter Christianson, manager of a Woolworth store. He was educated at the medical school of the University of Western Ontario, London, Canada, and settled in practice at Hamilton, Ontario. During the war of 1939-45 he came to England, studied at the Westminster Hospital, and took the Fellowship though not previously a Member of the College. He afterwards returned to practice at Hamilton. He married Aileen Kate Petticrew, who survived him with a son and daughter. Christianson was killed instantaneously by compression fracture of the skull in a motor accident on Sunday, 30 November 1947.

Sources
Information from his brother, M Paul Christianson, DO, of Hamilton

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/E003900-E003999

URL for File
376153

Media Type
Unknown