Zacharin, Robert Fyfe (1925 - 2012)
by
Sarah Gillam
Asset Name
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E006152 - Zacharin, Robert Fyfe (1925 - 2012)
Title
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Zacharin, Robert Fyfe (1925 - 2012)
Author
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Sarah Gillam
Identifier
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RCS: E006152
Publisher
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London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date
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2014-10-17
2017-01-12
Subject
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Medical Obituaries
Description
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Obituary for Zacharin, Robert Fyfe (1925 - 2012), 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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Zacharin, Robert Fyfe
Date of Birth
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11 April 1925
Place of Birth
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Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Date of Death
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9 May 2012
Occupation
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Gynaecologist
Titles/Qualifications
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AO 1993
MB BS Melbourne 1948
FRCS 1953
FRACS 1955
FRCOG 1967
MGO 1970
MD
FRACOG
Details
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Robert Zacharin was a senior gynaecologist at the Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia. He was born in Melbourne on 11 April 1925, the son of Saul Zacharin, a timber merchant, and Sarah Agnes Zacharin née Fyfe, a tailor, whose father was from Crathie in Scotland. Zacharin was educated at Wesley College, Melbourne, and then attended Melbourne University. He qualified MB BS in 1948.
He gained his FRCS in 1953 and also became a fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and the Royal Australasian College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.
He was chairman of the board of management of *The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology*. He wrote papers on pelvic floor anatomy and function, and books on stress incontinence, pelvic floor anatomy and obstetric fistula.
Outside medicine, he was a commercial flower grower. He also enjoyed skiing and travelling, particularly trekking in Nepal.
In 1958 he married Patricia Beryl Williamson. They had four children - Elizabeth, Jane, William and Robert. Robert Fyfe Zacharin died on 9 May 2012. He was 87.
Rights
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Copyright (c) The Royal College of Surgeons of England
Image Copyright (c) Image provided for use with kind permission of the family
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/E006000-E006999/E006100-E006199
URL for File
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378335
Media Type
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JPEG Image
File Size
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