Dinniss, David Selwyn (1941 - 2008)
by
 
Sarah Gillam

Asset Name
: 
E010625 - Dinniss, David Selwyn (1941 - 2008)

Title
: 
Dinniss, David Selwyn (1941 - 2008)

Author
: 
Sarah Gillam

Identifier
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RCS: E010625

Publisher
: 
The Royal College of Surgeons of England

Publication Date
: 
2024-06-05

Subject
: 
Medical Obituaries

Description
: 
Obituary for Dinniss, David Selwyn (1941 - 2008), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.

Language
: 
English

Source
: 
IsPartOf Plarr's Lives of the Fellows

Date of Birth
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21 December 1941

Date of Death
: 
16 July 2008

Occupation
: 
Anglican priest
 
Dental surgeon

Titles/Qualifications
: 
FDSRCS 1969

Details
: 
David Selwyn trained as a dental surgeon and later became an Anglican priest. He was born on 21 December 1941 at New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand. He gained his FDSRCS in 1969 and practised as a dentist for 17 years. He then trained as a priest and was a curate at Pāuatahanui. In December 1987 he became vicar of St Hilda’s Anglican Church at Upper Hutt. He left in 1993. He later lived in Havelock North. He was married to Elizabeth ‘Ann’ Dinniss, who was also a dental surgeon. They had two children, Andrew and Heather, and three grandchildren. Selwyn died on 16 July 2008. He was 66.

Sources
: 
Upper Hutt City Library Heritage Collections St Hilda's Anglican Church clergy 1987; the Reverend David Dinniss instituted as vicar https://uhcl.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/22999 – accessed 23 April 2025; Upper Hutt City Library Heritage Collections St Hilda’s Anglican Church 1989; interior; vicar, the Reverend David Dinniss https://uhcl.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/23260 – accessed 23 April 2025; Upper Hutt City Library Heritage Collections Maidstone New World; owner John Penny and Foodbank committee member Rev David Dinniss with a new collection box https://uhcl.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/13172 – accessed 23 April 2025

Rights
: 
Copyright (c) The Royal College of Surgeons of England

Collection
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Plarr's Lives of the Fellows

Format
: 
Obituary

Format
: 
Asset

Asset Path
: 
Root/Lives of the Fellows/E010000-E010999/E010600-E010699