Pracy, Robert (1921 - 2015)
by
Sarah Gillam
Asset Name
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E009020 - Pracy, Robert (1921 - 2015)
Title
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Pracy, Robert (1921 - 2015)
Author
:
Sarah Gillam
Identifier
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RCS: E009020
Publisher
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London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date
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2015-12-10
2018-11-27
Subject
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Medical Obituaries
Description
:
Obituary for Pracy, Robert (1921 - 2015), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language
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English
Source
:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name
:
Pracy, Robert
Date of Birth
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19 September 1921
Place of Birth
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Atherstone, Warwickshire
Date of Death
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7 October 2015
Occupation
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ENT surgeon
Titles/Qualifications
:
MRCS LRCP 1944
MB BS London 1945
FRCS 1953
Hon FRCSI 1982
MPhil 1983
Details
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Robert Pracy was director of the department of otolaryngology at Liverpool University. He was born in Atherstone, Warwickshire on 19 September 1921. His father, Douglas Sherrin Pracy, was a surgeon; his mother was Gwendoline Blanche Pracy née Power. He was educated at Berkhamsted School and then went on to study medicine at St Bartholomew’s Hospital Medical School. He qualified with the conjoint examination in 1944 and the MB BS in 1945.
From 1947 to 1949 he was a captain in the Royal Army Medical Corps. From 1966 to 1975 he was director of the department of otolaryngology at the University of Liverpool and a consultant to the Liverpool United Hospitals and Alder Hey Children’s Hospital. In 1976, he became a consultant at Great Ormond Street Hospital and the Royal Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital in London. From 1981 to 1983 he was dean of the Institute of Laryngology and Otology.
He was a member of the Court of Examiners at the Royal College of Surgeons from 1971 to 1977, a member of the Specialist Advisory Committee on Otolaryngology from 1971 to 1982 (chairman from 1978 to 1981) and president of the British Association of Otolaryngology from 1978 to 1981. He was awarded the Semon lectureship of the University of London in 1980. He was an associate editor of the *International Journal of Paediatric Otolaryngology*.
Outside medicine he enjoyed painting, engraving and printing (he was a member of the Medical Art Society), fly fishing, cabinet making, reading and the theatre.
In 1946, he married Elizabeth Patricia Spicer. They had two sons – one died and the other, John Paul Myles Pracy, is a surgeon and also an FRCS – and two daughters.
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/E009000-E009999/E009000-E009099
URL for File
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381203
Media Type
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Unknown