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Asset Name:
E000560 - Denny, William Roy (1921 - 2008)
Title:
Denny, William Roy (1921 - 2008)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E000560
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2008-09-18
Description:
Obituary for Denny, William Roy (1921 - 2008), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Denny, William Roy
Date of Birth:
18 January 1921
Place of Birth:
Tadworth, Surrey, UK
Date of Death:
20 March 2008
Place of Death:
St Helier, Jersey, UK
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS 1946

FRCS 1952

DLO 1950

LRCP 1946
Details:
William Denny was an ENT surgeon in St Helier, Jersey. He was born on 18 January 1921 at Arrathorne, Tadworth, Surrey, the son of James Risk Denny, who became a ship builder’s agent (Denny Brothers, Shipbuilders, Dunbarton) after leaving the Army. His mother was Nellie Scott née Roy. He was educated at Bilton Grange Preparatory School and Cheltenham College, from which he entered St Bartholomew’s Hospital. At that time early in the war the preclinical school was in Cambridge and he shared rooms there with the author Richard Gordon. After qualifying and doing house jobs at St Bartholomew’s, he joined the RAMC and spent six months in Germany and then at Chester and Liverpool. On demobilization he specialized in ENT and completed registrar posts at the Middlesex and St Thomas’ hospitals. He was appointed consultant ENT surgeon at the General Hospital, St Helier, Jersey, where he was in partnership with Michael Messervy until he retired. Denny published on the diagnosis of acoustic neuroma, which in later life he diagnosed in himself and underwent successful surgery. He married a Miss Blackbourn, whom he met when she was in the Land Army during the war. They had two sons, Hamish Roy Denny, a veterinary surgeon, and Peter William Denny. He was keen on gardening and landscaping. He died in Jersey on 20 March 2008, leaving seven grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren.
Sources:
Information from Hamish Denny
Rights:
Copyright (c) The Royal College of Surgeons of England
Collection:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
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Obituary
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Root/Lives of the Fellows/E000000-E000999/E000500-E000599
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