Rankin, Fred Wharton (1886 - 1954)
by
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Asset Name
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E005294 - Rankin, Fred Wharton (1886 - 1954)
Title
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Rankin, Fred Wharton (1886 - 1954)
Author
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Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier
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RCS: E005294
Publisher
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London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date
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2014-04-28
2020-08-05
Subject
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Medical Obituaries
Description
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Obituary for Rankin, Fred Wharton (1886 - 1954), 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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Rankin, Fred Wharton
Date of Birth
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20 December 1886
Place of Birth
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Mooresville, North Carolina, USA
Date of Death
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22 May 1954
Place of Death
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Lexington, Kentucky, USA
Occupation
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General surgeon
Titles/Qualifications
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Hon FRCS 12 November 1953
BA Davidson NC 1905
MD Maryland 1909
FACS
Details
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Born on 20 December 1886 at Mooresville, North Carolina, he was educated at Davidson College and the University of Maryland, and served as resident surgeon at the University of Maryland Hospital, Baltimore in 1909. In 1916 he was called to the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, as assistant surgeon at St Mary's Hospital, becoming surgeon in 1922, and was associate professor of surgery in the University of Minnesota from 1926 to 1933. He then moved to Lexington, Kentucky as surgeon to St Joseph's Hospital, and in 1941 was appointed professor of clinical surgery in the University of Louisville. Rankin was a leading authority on abdominal cancer, and wrote much in the professional journals, especially on the surgery of the colon and rectum. He served in France as a Major, US Medical Corps in 1917-18 and in many theatres of war during 1941-45 with the rank of Brigadier-General.
He was President successively of the American Medical Association, the American Surgical Association, and the American College of Surgeons. Rankin married Edith, daughter of Charles H Mayo, Hon FRCS. He died at Lexington, Kentucky during his term of office as President of the American College on 22 May 1954 aged 67
Sources
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*The Times* 24 May 1954 p 9 c
*Lancet* 1954, 1, 1269
*Bull Amer Coll Surg* 1954, 39, 223 and 353 appreciation by D C Elkin with portrait
*J Amer med Ass* 1954, 155, 589
Rights
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Copyright (c) The Royal College of Surgeons of England
Image Copyright (c) Image courtesy of the Archives of the American College of Surgeons
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/E005000-E005999/E005200-E005299
URL for File
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377477
Media Type
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JPEG Image
File Size
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