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Asset Name:
E001577 - Parke, William (1910 - 1979)
Title:
Parke, William (1910 - 1979)
Author:
Tina Craig
Identifier:
RCS: E001577
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2011-11-11

2015-06-26
Description:
Obituary for Parke, William (1910 - 1979), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Parke, William
Date of Birth:
3 March 1910
Place of Birth:
Bootle, Lancashire
Date of Death:
4 January 1979
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
FRCS 1941

MCh (Orth) 1947

FRACS 1966

MB ChB 1935
Details:
William Parke was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon. He was born in Bootle, Lancashire on 3 March 1910 the oldest son of William and his wife Mary née McCourt. He was educated at St Francis Xavier's College, Liverpool and Liverpool University. From 1942 to 1947 he served as lieutenant colonel advisor in surgery in the Palestine Command. After early appointments at the Royal Liverpool United Hospital, he moved to New Zealand and was appointed orthopaedic surgeon first to the Cook Hospital in Gisborne and then the Middlemore Hospital in Auckland. In the 1950's he was a member of the board of the Cook Hospital. He became president of the New Zealand Orthopaedic Association from1964 to 1965 and again in 1967. In 1940 he married a teacher, Muriel Stephens and they had two sons and two daughters. His hobbies were trout fishing and horticulture. He died on 4 January 1979. Publication: Premature epiphysical fusion at the knee in tuberculous disease of the hip *J bone jt surg*
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Copyright (c) The Royal College of Surgeons of England
Collection:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Format:
Obituary
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Asset Path:
Root/Lives of the Fellows/E001000-E001999/E001500-E001599
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