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E001328 - Critchett, George (1817 - 1882)
Title:
Critchett, George (1817 - 1882)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E001328
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2011-09-02
Description:
Obituary for Critchett, George (1817 - 1882), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Critchett, George
Date of Birth:
1817
Place of Birth:
Highgate, UK
Date of Death:
1 November 1882
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS October 11th 1839

FRCS December 24th 1844
Details:
Born at Highgate, and studied at the London Hospital, where he was successively Demonstrator of Anatomy, Assistant Surgeon in 1846, and Surgeon from 1861-1863. He is said to have been a good surgeon, showing boldness and capacity in big operations. From 1843-1877 he was attached to the Royal London Ophthalmic Hospital, Moorfields, and became one of the best known ophthalmic surgeons of the day. He was a Member of the Council of the Royal College of Surgeons from 1870-1879, President of the Hunterian Society, and of the International Congress of Ophthalmology held in London in 1872. In 1876 he was appointed Ophthalmic Surgeon and Lecturer at the Middlesex Hospital. He died on Nov 1st, 1882. His eldest son, Sir G Anderson Critchett, Bart, KCVO, FRCS Edin, also a distinguished ophthalmologist, died at the age of 80 on February 9th, 1925. Publications:- Critchett published a valuable course of Lectures on "Diseases of the Eye" in the *Lancet*, 1854.
Sources:
*Dict. Nat. Biog*. sub nomine et auct. ibi cit

*London Hosp. Gaz.*, 1917, with portrait

*British Masters of Ophthalmology Series*, 1923, August, with portrait

Treacher Collins's *History of Moorfields*
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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/E001000-E001999/E001300-E001399
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