Resource Name:
Resource Type:
External Resource
Asset Name:
E003268 - Thornton, William Henry (1826 - 1881)
Title:
Thornton, William Henry (1826 - 1881)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E003268
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2012-12-20
Subject:
Description:
Obituary for Thornton, William Henry (1826 - 1881), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Thornton, William Henry
Date of Birth:
1826
Date of Death:
4 March 1881
Place of Death:
Scarborough
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS July 2nd 1849
FRCS December 10th 1868
LSA 1850
MB Lond 1850
MD 1853
JP
Details:
Educated at Manchester, where he was at one time Physician's Assistant at the Royal Infirmary. He then practised at Springfield Terrace, Dewsbury, in partnership with John Sykes (qv). He was a Justice of the Peace for Dewsbury, Union Medical Officer, Surgeon to the Police, a Certifying Factory Surgeon, and Medical Referee to several Assurance Societies. Removing to Scarborough, he practised there at Bank Lodge, South Cliff. He died at Scarborough on March 4th, 1881.
Publication:-
"Successful Case of Caesarean Section." - *Lancet*, 1857, i, 313.
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/E003000-E003999/E003200-E003299
Media Type:
Unknown
