Mortimer, William Graddon (1871 - 1946)
by
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Asset Name
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E004695 - Mortimer, William Graddon (1871 - 1946)
Title
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Mortimer, William Graddon (1871 - 1946)
Author
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Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier
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RCS: E004695
Publisher
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London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date
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2013-11-21
Subject
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Medical Obituaries
Description
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Obituary for Mortimer, William Graddon (1871 - 1946), 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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Mortimer, William Graddon
Date of Birth
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7 October 1871
Place of Birth
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Umberleigh, Devon
Date of Death
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3 July 1946
Place of Death
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South Molton, Devon
Occupation
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General surgeon
Titles/Qualifications
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MRCS 29 July 1895
FRCS 14 June 1906
MB London 1896
BS 1897
LRCP 1895
JP County Devon
Details
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Born 7 October 1871 at Brightley, Umberleigh, North Devon, the second son of John Mortimer, yeoman, and his wife Mary Graddon. He was educated at Blundell's School, Tiverton, and at the London Hospital, where he was first Buxton scholar in 1890. He took the Conjoint qualification in 1895, and proceeded to London graduation in medicine, 1896, and in surgery, 1897. He served as senior assistant house surgeon at Poplar Hospital and as house surgeon at the London Hospital. In 1906 he took the Fellowship. After a period in British Honduras, where he served as assistant colonial surgeon, he came back to Devonshire and practised at Hatherly House, South Molton, North Devon. He was for some years medical officer of health for the South Molton Rural District. Mortimer married in 1899 Beatrice Mary Wilders, who survived him with a daughter. He died at Moledown, South Molton on 3 July 1946.
Sources
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Information from Mrs Beatrice Mortimer
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/E004600-E004699
URL for File
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376878
Media Type
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Unknown