Resource Name:
Resource Type:
External Resource
Asset Name:
E002713 - Metzgar, Charles (1863 - 1889)
Title:
Metzgar, Charles (1863 - 1889)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E002713
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2012-08-15
Subject:
Description:
Obituary for Metzgar, Charles (1863 - 1889), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Metzgar, Charles
Date of Birth:
1863
Place of Birth:
Kingston, Jamaica
Date of Death:
18 July 1889
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS May 5th 1887
FRCS October 11th 1888
LRCP Lond May 5th 1887
Details:
Born at Kingston, Jamaica. He went to Dulwich College, then in 1881 to Guy's Hospital, where he was House Surgeon, Resident Obstetric and Clinical Assistant; also he was Prosector at the Royal College of Surgeons. Being comfortably off and a sportsman from early days, he had previously joined shooting parties in Austria. Having passed FRCS at the age of 25, the earliest possible date, he accompanied a shooting expedition to South Africa, which proved a failure. He returned, and landed on June 23rd, 1889, disappointed and ill with typhoid fever. He was carefully attended by Drs Frederick Taylor and Washbourne, of Guy's Hospital, but died on July 18th, 1889. His funeral at Christ Church, Forest Hill, was attended by members of the Staff and students from Guy's, who mourned a kindly, manly, straightforward character and a career of promise early closed.
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/E002000-E002999/E002700-E002799
Media Type:
Unknown
