Resource Name:
Resource Type:
External Resource
Asset Name:
E009467 - Palmer, Colin Attwell Lynch (1929 - 2018)
Title:
Palmer, Colin Attwell Lynch (1929 - 2018)
Author:
Tina Craig
Identifier:
RCS: E009467
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2018-06-19
2021-06-16
Subject:
Description:
Obituary for Palmer, Colin Attwell Lynch (1929 - 2018), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Palmer, Colin Attwell Lynch
Date of Birth:
1929
Place of Birth:
Shanghai, China
Date of Death:
16 April 2018
Place of Death:
Sheffield
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
MB BS London 1952
DO 1957
FRCS 1962
FRCS Edin 1962
Details:
Colin Palmer was born in China in 1929. Walter Attwell Lynch Palmer (1892-1975), his father, worked for the Shanghai municipal police force before a career with the Asiatic Petroleum Company. In the early 1920’s his mother, Lillian Emily née Burton, travelled out to China for their wedding. Colin studied medicine at London University and St Bartholomew’s Hospital, graduating in 1952. After house jobs at the Manchester Royal Eye Hospital, he passed the fellowship of the college in 1962. Appointed consultant ophthalmic surgeon to the Sheffield AHA, he was also an honorary clinical lecturer in ophthalmology at Sheffield University. He was a member of the North of England Ophthalmological Society.
On 16 April 2018 he died in Sheffield aged 89 and was survived by his wife Jill and sons Christopher and Simon.
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/E009400-E009499
Media Type:
Unknown
