Resource Name:
Resource Type:
External Resource
Asset Name:
E007768 - Williams, David Bowen Morgan (1930 - 1986)
Title:
Williams, David Bowen Morgan (1930 - 1986)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E007768
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2015-08-14
Subject:
Description:
Obituary for Williams, David Bowen Morgan (1930 - 1986), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Williams, David Bowen Morgan
Date of Birth:
6 November 1930
Place of Birth:
Cardiff
Date of Death:
28 October 1986
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS and FRCS 1957
BSc University of Wales 1950
MB BCh 1953
FRACS 1975
Details:
David Bowen Morgan Williams was born in Cardiff on 6 November 1930 and after early education at Epsom College entered the University of Wales in 1946. He graduated as Bachelor of Science in 1950 and qualified three years later. Despite having had a mid-thigh amputation in adolescence he was determined to pursue a career in surgery. He carried out pre-registration appointments in Cardiff before coming to London as casualty officer to the West London Hospital, Hammersmith in 1954. Returning to Cardiff as surgical registrar he passed the FRCS in 1957.
In 1959 he left Cardiff and emigrated to Australia where he joined a surgical practice at Dandenong in Victoria. He passed the FRACS in 1975 and died on 28 October 1986, aged 55.
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/E007000-E007999/E007700-E007799
Media Type:
Unknown
