Resource Name:
Resource Type:
External Resource
Asset Name:
E008914 - Scowen, Sir Eric Frank (1910 - 2001)
Title:
Scowen, Sir Eric Frank (1910 - 2001)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E008914
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2015-12-04
Subject:
Description:
Obituary for Scowen, Sir Eric Frank (1910 - 2001), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Scowen, Sir Eric Frank
Date of Birth:
22 April 1910
Place of Birth:
London
Date of Death:
23 November 2001
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
Kt 1973
FRCS by election 1960
MB BS London 1932
FRCP 1941
FRCP Edinburgh 1965
Hon FRCPath
Hon FRCGP
Details:
Eric Scowen was Professor of Medicine at St Bartholomew's Hospital. He was born in London on 22 April 1910 and trained at Bart's. After being chief assistant at the Royal Chest Hospital, he returned to Bart's as assistant physician in 1937, being made physician in 1946. He was appointed as the Professor of Medicine in 1961 and served Bart's with great distinction until he retired in 1975.
As Chairman of the Council of the Imperial Cancer Research Fund, he promoted the establishment of chairs of medical oncology throughout the United Kingdom. He was Chairman of the Committee on Safety of Drugs (later Safety of Medicine) and was a member of the board of advisers at King's centre of medical law and ethics.
He received many honours, including the Fellowship of our College, of the Royal College of Pathologists and of the Royal College of General Practitioners. He died after a prolonged illness on 23 November 2001, not long after receiving the honorary Fellowship of King's College, London.
Sources:
*J Roy Coll Phys Edin* 2002 32 147
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/E008000-E008999/E008900-E008999
Media Type:
Unknown
