Resource Name:
Resource Type:
External Resource
Asset Name:
E007738 - Tomkin, Alexander (1936 - 1984)
Title:
Tomkin, Alexander (1936 - 1984)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E007738
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2015-08-12
Subject:
Description:
Obituary for Tomkin, Alexander (1936 - 1984), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Tomkin, Alexander
Date of Birth:
21 July 1936
Date of Death:
1984
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS and FRCS 1969
MB BCh BAO Dublin 1960
DO 1964
Details:
Alexander Tomkin was born on 21 July 1936, the first son of Harris Tomkin, ophthalmic surgeon and his wife Sarah née Nelson. He attended Castle Park Dalkey, St Columba's College, Tathfarnham, and Trinity College, Dublin, where he took the Nurock Prize for classics and the silver medal of the Biological Society. In 1960 he received both the Haughton Prize for medicine and for surgery. After house appointments at Sir Patrick Dun's Hospital, he demonstrated anatomy at Trinity and then spent some years working at Moorfields, in London. His final appointment was as consultant in ophthalmic surgery at the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital, Dr Steevens', the Rotunda and Sir Patrick Dun's Hospitals in the city of Dublin.
He enjoyed music and playing tennis. He married in 1972 but the name of his wife is not known. He was only 48 years old when a friend, Mervyn Taylor TD, notified the College of his death which was probably in April or May 1984.
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/E007000-E007999/E007700-E007799
Media Type:
Unknown
