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E002060 - Griffith, William Stokes (1864 - 1898)
Title:
Griffith, William Stokes (1864 - 1898)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E002060
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2012-02-22
Description:
Obituary for Griffith, William Stokes (1864 - 1898), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Griffith, William Stokes
Date of Birth:
1864
Date of Death:
17 November 1898
Place of Death:
Kimberley, Nottinghamshire, UK
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS November 13th 1890

FRCS December 8th 1892

MA Cantab 1885

MB BCh 1891

LRCP 1890
Details:
The son of Judge Griffith of the County Court, Wolverhampton Circuit, previously Attorney-General, Cape Colony. He entered Trinity Hall, Cambridge, in 1882, and, after gaining a scholarship, graduated with a first class in the Classical Tripos in 1885. He then studied at St Thomas's Hospital, where he was House Surgeon. In 1893 he was appointed Resident Medical Officer at the Royal Free Hospital, but exhibiting signs of pulmonary tuberculosis was obliged to go on a voyage to the West Indies and then to Cape Colony. He spent a year at Aliwal, and he acted as Medical Officer at Quiting in Basutoland. In 1896 he was appointed House Surgeon to the Kimberley Hospital, and was afterwards President of the Griqualand West Branch of the British Medical Association and was a member of the Pathological Society. He died of phthisis on November 17th, 1898, at Kimberley. Whilst there he exhibited an original and inquiring mind and a rich Irish humour which coloured his descriptions of diseases he had observed among the natives.
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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/E002000-E002999/E002000-E002099
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