Resource Name:
Resource Type:
External Resource
Asset Name:
E005711 - Drake, Courtenay Henry (1870 - 1966)
Title:
Drake, Courtenay Henry (1870 - 1966)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E005711
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2014-07-25
Subject:
Description:
Obituary for Drake, Courtenay Henry (1870 - 1966), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Drake, Courtenay Henry
Date of Birth:
8 August 1870
Place of Birth:
London
Date of Death:
20 December 1966
Place of Death:
Chelmsford, Essex
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS 1894
FRCS 1897
MB London 1896
LRCP 1894
Details:
Born in London on 8 August 1870, the son of C H Drake, Courtenay Drake was educated at Marlborough College, where he was captain of the Gym VIII, and at St Bartholomew's Hospital. He qualified in 1894, won honours in obstetrics at the London MB examination 1896, and took the Fellowship in 1897. After a house surgeoncy at St Bartholomew's he settled in practice at Streatham, in partnership with Leedham Fuller, MRCS 1878, and was later joined by C E Fenn MRCS 1898.
Drake and his wife lived for some time at 5 Palace Mansions, Palace Street, London SWI, but retired about 1935 to Rathgar Cottage, Pangbourne, near Reading, Berkshire.
He died in Broomfield Hospital, Chelmsford, Essex on 20 December 1966, aged 96, survived by children and grandchildren. He was the senior Fellow at that time.
Sources:
*The Times* 21 December 1966 and *Ann Roy Coll Surg Eng* 1967, 40, 124, both without memoirs
INformation from Sir Hugh Lett, Bt, PPRCS
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/E005700-E005799
Media Type:
Unknown
