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Asset Name:
E009131 - Kirby, Alan Rayner (1924 - 2015)
Title:
Kirby, Alan Rayner (1924 - 2015)
Author:
Sarah Gillam
Identifier:
RCS: E009131
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2016-05-13

2019-04-03
Description:
Obituary for Kirby, Alan Rayner (1924 - 2015), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Kirby, Alan Rayner
Date of Birth:
2 April 1924
Place of Birth:
Gosforth, Northumberland
Date of Death:
11 December 2015
Place of Death:
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
MB BS Durham 1947

FRCS 1957
Details:
Alan Raynor Kirby was a neurosurgeon at the Royal University Hospital, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. He was born in Gosforth, Northumberland on 2 April 1924, the son of Alger Raynor Kirby, a manufacturer’s agent, and Phyllis Barbara Kirby née Hodgkin. He was educated at the Royal Grammar School, Newcastle upon Tyne and then studied medicine at the University of Durham. He qualified in 1947. He trained in surgery at the Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle, gaining his FRCS in 1957, and later in neurosurgery, at St George’s Hospital and the National Hospital, London. In 1963, he emigrated to Saskatoon. He worked in the Royal University Hospital, at first in the department of neurosurgery and later in the department of rehabilitation. He retired in 1989. Outside medicine, he was interested in music. He was an organist and choirmaster at several Anglican churches. In 1955, he married Margaret Schofield. They had three children – Judith, Jayne and Angus – and 11 grandchildren. Alan Raynor Kirby died on 11 December 2015. He was 91.
Sources:
Saskatoon Funeral Home In Memory of Alan Kirby Friday, December 11, 2015 https://saskatoonfuneralhome.com/tribute/details/430/Alan-Kirby/obituary.html – accessed 30 March 2019
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/E009000-E009999/E009100-E009199
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