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Asset Name:
E005615 - Alvarez, Arthur Felix (1921 - 1973)
Title:
Alvarez, Arthur Felix (1921 - 1973)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E005615
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2014-07-14
Description:
Obituary for Alvarez, Arthur Felix (1921 - 1973), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Alvarez, Arthur Felix
Date of Birth:
30 May 1921
Date of Death:
31 March 1973
Place of Death:
Trail, British Columbia, Canada
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS and FRCS 1951

MB ChB Birmingham 1945
Details:
Born on 30 May 1921 Alvarez was educated in France and Spain, and then at Solihull School and Birmingham University, graduating there in 1945. After three years postgraduate training, especially in thoracovascular surgery, first at St Chad's Hospital, Birmingham, and later in the United States at Boston and Denver, he served in the RAMC as a surgical specialist in Northern Ireland 1948-50. He took the FRCS in 1951 and was surgical registrar at the Royal Infirmary, Preston. He then emigrated to British Columbia where he became chief consultant surgeon to the Regional Hospital at Trail. He died there after long illness on 31 March 1973, aged 51, survived by his wife and six children. Arthur Alvarez was an excellent teacher of surgery and improved the professional standards of his district. He wrote and spoke equally well in English, French and Spanish. He was a keen fisherman and a good shot.
Sources:
*Brit med J* 1973, 2, 559 by DJC
Rights:
Copyright (c) The Royal College of Surgeons of England
Collection:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Format:
Obituary
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Asset Path:
Root/Lives of the Fellows/E005000-E005999/E005600-E005699
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Unknown