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Dundee, Douglas James (1929 - 2018)
Asset Name:
E009823 - Dundee, Douglas James (1929 - 2018)
Title:
Dundee, Douglas James (1929 - 2018)
Author:
Sarah Gillam
Identifier:
RCS: E009823
Publisher:
The Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2020-10-19
Description:
Obituary for Dundee, Douglas James (1929 - 2018), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
IsPartOf Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Date of Birth:
31 May 1929
Date of Death:
18 August 2018
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
FRCS 1959

MD Manitoba 1954
Details:
Douglas Dundee was radiologist in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He was born on 31 May 1929 and brought up in Regina, Saskatchewan. His father, Samuel Dundee, who was originally from Ireland, was an auditor for the provincial government. His mother was Katherine Dundee, whose father was from Russia. Dundee gained an MD from the University of Manitoba in 1954. In the same year he became a member of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Saskatchewan. He went to the UK for further training in 1957 and became a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England two years later. He returned to Canada and settled in Vancouver. He was a former president of the British Columbia Radiological Society. He had a strong religious faith, an inquiring intellect and an appetite for world travel. In 1955 he married a fellow medical student, Yvonne Elizabeth Duncan. They had two sons, Michael and David. Yvonne predeceased him in 2014. Dundee died on 18 August 2018. He was 89.
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/E009800-E009899