Powell, Rhys Vaughan (1891 - 1951)
by
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Asset Name
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E004477 - Powell, Rhys Vaughan (1891 - 1951)
Title
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Powell, Rhys Vaughan (1891 - 1951)
Author
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Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier
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RCS: E004477
Publisher
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London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date
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2013-10-04
Subject
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Medical Obituaries
Description
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Obituary for Powell, Rhys Vaughan (1891 - 1951), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language
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English
Source
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Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name
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Powell, Rhys Vaughan
Date of Birth
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1891
Date of Death
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27 April 1951
Place of Death
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Sudbury, Suffolk
Occupation
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General surgeon
Titles/Qualifications
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MRCS 28 July 1921
FRCS 13 June 1935
LRCP 1921
LMSSA 1914
Details
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He was educated at King's College Hospital, where he served as house surgeon, house physician, and clinical assistant. After holding other resident posts and a period as second assistant at the Central London Ear, Nose, and Throat Hospital, he was surgical registrar at Willesden General Hospital. Powell qualified through the Society of Apothecaries in 1914. During the war of 1914-18 he served in the RAMC with the rank of captain, gazetted 16 December 1915. He took the Conjoint qualification in 1921, but did not proceed to the Fellowship till 1935, when he was practising at 106 Harley Street. Later he lived at 62 North Street, Sudbury, Suffolk, where he died on 27 April 1951, aged 60.
Publications:
Chronic appendicitis. *Med Press*, 1935, 191, 48.
Diverticulosis of appendix. *Ibid* p 387.
Sources
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*The Times*, 30 April 1951, no memoir
Rights
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Copyright (c) The Royal College of Surgeons of England
Collection
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Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Format
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Obituary
Format
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Asset
Asset Path
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Root/Lives of the Fellows/E004000-E004999/E004400-E004499
URL for File
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376660
Media Type
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Unknown