Gill, Russell Alexander (1918 - 2005)
Asset Name:
E009777 - Gill, Russell Alexander (1918 - 2005)
Title:
Gill, Russell Alexander (1918 - 2005)
Author:
Sarah Gillam
Identifier:
RCS: E009777
Publisher:
The Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2020-08-12
Subject:
Description:
Obituary for Gill, Russell Alexander (1918 - 2005), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
IsPartOf Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Date of Birth:
14 February 1918
Place of Birth:
London
Date of Death:
18 July 2005
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
FRCS 1945
MRCS LRCP 1941
MB BS London 1942
Details:
Russell Alexander Gill was a consultant general surgeon in Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada. He was born in the East End of London on 14 February 1918, the son of Russell Alexander Gill, a clerk who served as a gunner in the Royal Field Artillery in the First World War, and Lucy Emily Gill née Baker. He studied medicine at Guy’s Hospital Medical School during the Second World War, qualifying with the conjoint examination in 1941 and the MB BS in 1942. He gained his FRCS in 1945.
In the 1950s he emigrated to Canada, initially to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. He later moved to Ontario, where he was a surgeon at Oshawa General Hospital and a consultant surgeon at Bowmanville Hospital.
In 1941 he married Martha Hurl Kenny. They had two sons and a daughter. Gill died on 18 July 2005. He was 87.
Rights:
Copyright (c) The Royal College of Surgeons of England
Collection:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Format:
Obituary
Format:
Asset
Asset Path:
Root/Lives of the Fellows/E009000-E009999/E009700-E009799
