Chanmugam, Paul Kirupal (1900 - 1987)
by
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Asset Name
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E007160 - Chanmugam, Paul Kirupal (1900 - 1987)
Title
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Chanmugam, Paul Kirupal (1900 - 1987)
Author
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Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier
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RCS: E007160
Publisher
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London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date
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2015-04-27
Subject
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Medical Obituaries
Description
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Obituary for Chanmugam, Paul Kirupal (1900 - 1987), 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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Chanmugam, Paul Kirupal
Date of Birth
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1 June 1900
Place of Birth
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Jaffna, Ceylon
Date of Death
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29 November 1987
Occupation
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General surgeon
Titles/Qualifications
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MRCS 1932
FRCS 1957
LMS Ceylon 1925
MSc London 1938
LRCP 1932
Details
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Paul Chanmugam was born in Jaffna, Ceylon, on 1 June 1900, the son of Anna Annama (née Paul) whose father was resident surgeon at the Friend in Need Hospital, Jaffna, and Joseph Kadir Gamer Chanmugam, Principal of Jaffna Central College, where he received his early medical training before entering King's College in London. He received an anatomy department scholarship which enabled him to achieve an MSc, and he was awarded a WHO scholarship to America before his appointment as WHO Professor in Mandalay.
He held early appointments at Colombo General Hospital before becoming lecturer, and later Professor of Anatomy in Colombo. For ten years, 1949-1958, he was an examiner for the primary FRCS examination. He was elected chairman of the University Tamil Movement. Professor Chanmugam wrote papers on anthropometry of Singhalese and Ceylon Tamils, and also on the skeletal remains from Tirukettiswararn which were published in the *Ceylon journal of science* in 1949 and 1954. In 1949 he delivered a presidential address to the Ceylon Association for the Advancement of Science on the architecture of the brain and its function. He was a keen supporter of the Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club.
When he died on 29 November 1987 he was survived by a daughter and a son who was Assistant Professor of Physics at the University of Louisiana.
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/E007000-E007999/E007100-E007199
URL for File
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379343
Media Type
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Unknown