Resource Name:
Resource Type:
External Resource
Asset Name:
E005411 - Taunton, Edgar (1878 - 1960)
Title:
Taunton, Edgar (1878 - 1960)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E005411
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2014-06-09
Subject:
Description:
Obituary for Taunton, Edgar (1878 - 1960), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Taunton, Edgar
Date of Birth:
1878
Date of Death:
7 January 1960
Place of Death:
St Leonard's-on-Sea
Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS 27 July 1899
FRCS 1 June 1905
LRCP 1899
DPH RCPS 1901
MB London 1903
Barrister-at-Law
Details:
Born about 1878 he was educated at University College Hospital and qualified in 1899, while living at Bethersden, Kent. Intending to enter the Public Health service he took the Diploma in Public Health in 1901 and was called to the Bar by the Inner Temple. He served as Deputy Medical Officer of Health for the East London Borough of Bethnal Green. He had been senior resident medical officer at the Royal National Hospital for Consumption at Ventnor, Isle of Wight, but during the first world war served in the RAMC with the rank of Captain.
Taunton retired to St Leonard's-on-Sea, Sussex, living first at 141 London Road, and later at 26 Kenilworth Road, when he died on 7 January 1960, aged about 81.
Sources:
*Brit med J* 1960, 1, 362 without memoir
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/E005000-E005999/E005400-E005499
Media Type:
Unknown
