Driberg, James Douglas ( - 1956)
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Royal College of Surgeons of England

Asset Name
E005329 - Driberg, James Douglas ( - 1956)

Title
Driberg, James Douglas ( - 1956)

Author
Royal College of Surgeons of England

Identifier
RCS: E005329

Publisher
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England

Publication Date
2014-05-16

Subject
Medical Obituaries

Description
Obituary for Driberg, James Douglas ( - 1956), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.

Language
English

Source
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows

Full Name
Driberg, James Douglas

Date of Death
29 November 1956

Place of Death
Exeter

Occupation
General surgeon

Titles/Qualifications
MC 1916
 
OBE 1919
 
MRCS 8 May 1913
 
FRCS 14 October 1915
 
LRCP 1913

Details
Second son of John James Street Driberg and Amy Mary Irving Bell, his wife, of Uckfield Lodge, Crowborough, he qualified from the London Hospital where he was surgical registrar and first assistant in the surgical unit and became an assistant surgeon. He served in the RAMC during the war of 1914-18, won the Military Cross, and rose to the rank of Colonel. Driberg practised at 6 Park Crescent, London W1. He was surgeon to the Poplar Accident Hospital, and a surgical specialist under the Ministry of Pensions. Towards the end of his life he lived with his younger brother, Tom Driberg MP, at Bradwell Lodge, Bradwell-on-Sea, Essex. He died at Exeter on 29 November 1956, and asked that donations might be made in his memory to the London Hospital. Publications: Methods of treatment of fractures of the femur. *Lancet* 1919, 2, 311. Fracture of the head of the radius. *Practitioner* 1924, 112, 262.

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/E005000-E005999/E005300-E005399

URL for File
377512

Media Type
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