Resource Name:
Resource Type:
External Resource
Asset Name:
E008832 - Park, John Connell (1933 - 1997)
Title:
Park, John Connell (1933 - 1997)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E008832
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2015-11-25
Subject:
Description:
Obituary for Park, John Connell (1933 - 1997), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Park, John Connell
Date of Birth:
4 May 1933
Place of Birth:
Newtownards, County Down
Date of Death:
1 September 1997
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS and FRCS 1963
MB BCh Belfast 1956
FRCS Edinburgh 1961
Details:
John Connell Park was born on 4 May 1933 in Newtownards, County Down, the son of Samuel Park, a general practitioner, and Edith Helen Connell, a schoolteacher. He was educated at Repton and Queen's University, Belfast. He did his junior appointments at the Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, and then decided to specialise in urology. He became resident surgical officer at St Peter's, St Paul's and St Philip's Hospital under Howard Hanley and Sir David Innes Williams. His rotation included a period under W W Wiggins-Davies at Portsmouth.
In 1962, he married Helen Veronica Albertini; they had three sons, Rory, Danny and Sam, and a daughter, Annabel. He died on 1 September 1997.
Sources:
*The Times* 4 September 1997, 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/E008000-E008999/E008800-E008899
Media Type:
Unknown
