Resource Name:
Resource Type:
External Resource
Asset Name:
E005302 - Richardson, James Walker Freer (1916 - 1953)
Title:
Richardson, James Walker Freer (1916 - 1953)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E005302
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2014-04-28
Subject:
Description:
Obituary for Richardson, James Walker Freer (1916 - 1953), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Richardson, James Walker Freer
Date of Birth:
12 September 1916
Place of Birth:
Simla, India
Date of Death:
14 December 1953
Place of Death:
Godalming, Surrey
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS 13 November 1941
FRCS 14 December 1950
LRCP 1941
Details:
Born at Simla, India on 12 September 1916 the younger son of James Freer Richardson MRCS 1911, a medical missionary, and Ethel Stafford his wife, he was educated at Weymouth College and St Thomas's Hospital, where he distinguished himself as a Rugby football player and held house appointments after qualifying in 1941. He was then commissioned in the RAMC and served as medical officer to a Royal Marine commando in the Far East.
After the war he served as senior resident medical officer at Queen Charlotte's Hospital, and then settled in general practice at Guildford. He took the Fellowship at the end of 1950. He fell ill in 1953 and died in St Thomas's Hospital country extension at Hydestile, Godalming on 14 December 1953 aged 37, survived by his mother. He was unmarried.
Sources:
*Brit med J* 1953, 2, 1436, with appreciation by a colleague
Information from his mother Mrs Ethel Richardson
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/E005300-E005399
Media Type:
Unknown
