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Asset Name:
E006659 - King, Thomas (1899 - 1974)
Title:
King, Thomas (1899 - 1974)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E006659
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2015-01-23
Description:
Obituary for King, Thomas (1899 - 1974), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
King, Thomas
Date of Birth:
17 January 1899
Place of Birth:
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Date of Death:
1974
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS and FRCS 1934

MB BS Melbourne 1924

MD 1932

FRACS 1934
Details:
Thomas King was born in Melbourne, Australia on 17 January 1899, the son of a barrister. He was educated at Xavier College, Melbourne, and Melbourne University. He qualified MB BS in 1924, MD 1932 and obtained the FRCS in 1934. He was elected FRACS in 1934 and the same year appointed honorary orthopaedic surgeon to St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne. He wrote numerous papers on orthopaedic surgery. He married Nina M Keynes in 1927 and they had one daughter and two sons, one of whom is a neurosurgeon and the other an orthopaedic surgeon. He died in 1974 aged 75 years.
Rights:
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/E006000-E006999/E006600-E006699
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Unknown