De Castro, Ransford George Kerr (1926 - 2016)
Asset Name:
E009949 - De Castro, Ransford George Kerr (1926 - 2016)
Title:
De Castro, Ransford George Kerr (1926 - 2016)
Author:
Sarah Gillam
Identifier:
RCS: E009949
Publisher:
The Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2021-03-22
Subject:
Description:
Obituary for De Castro, Ransford George Kerr (1926 - 2016), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
IsPartOf Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Date of Birth:
1 September 1926
Date of Death:
5 June 2016
Place of Death:
Dunedin, New Zealand
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
FRCS 1957
MB ChB New Zealand 1950
FRCS Edinburgh
Details:
Ransford George Kerr ‘Ran’ de Castro was a New Zealand based surgeon. He was born on 1 September 1926, the son of Leopold Ransford de Castro, a general practitioner in Te Kuiti, a town on the North Island of New Zealand, and Edith Mary de Castro née Kerr. De Castro studied medicine at Otago University, qualifying in 1950.
He went to the UK for further training and gained his FRCS in 1957. He subsequently returned to New Zealand.
He was a keen skier and a member of the Ruapehu Ski Club.
In 1953 he married Brya Denis Duigan in London. De Castro died in Dunedin on 5 June 2016 at the age of 89 and was survived by his second wife Anneka and his children, Denis, Eve, Lucy, Caroline and Nancy. Eve de Castro is a prominent composer and musician.
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/E009900-E009999
