Resource Name:
Resource Type:
External Resource
Asset Name:
E005046 - Herlihy, William Francis (1923 - 1953)
Title:
Herlihy, William Francis (1923 - 1953)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E005046
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2014-02-26
Subject:
Description:
Obituary for Herlihy, William Francis (1923 - 1953), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Herlihy, William Francis
Date of Birth:
1923
Date of Death:
1953
Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS and FRCS 13 December 1951
MB BS Sydney 1945
MD 1950
Details:
Born in Australia in 1923, he was educated at Sydney University. He qualified in 1945 and held resident posts for two years at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. He next held a teaching fellowship in the Anatomy School of the University, taking his doctorate with a thesis on the role of the vertebral veins.
He came to England in 1950 and was appointed house surgeon to the Infirmary at Derby; after taking the Fellowship in December 1951, he was promoted orthopaedic registrar. Promise of a distinguished career was cut short by illness. He flew back to his home in Australia, and died there in 1953 at the age of 30.
Sources:
*J Bone Jt Surg* 1954, 36 B, 506 with portrait, and appreciations by HRTH and RGP
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/E005000-E005999/E005000-E005099
Media Type:
Unknown
