Resource Name:
Resource Type:
External Resource
Asset Name:
E006169 - Thompson, John (1916 - 1965)
Title:
Thompson, John (1916 - 1965)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E006169
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2014-10-20
Subject:
Description:
Obituary for Thompson, John (1916 - 1965), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Thompson, John
Date of Birth:
1916
Date of Death:
1965
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS and FRCS 1952
BSc Manchester 1938
MB ChB 1941
Details:
Thompson graduated in science at the University of Manchester in 1938, and qualified there in 1941. After house appointments at Manchester Royal Infirmary, he was senior surgical registrar at Crumpsall Hospital.
Having qualified during the second world war, Thompson joined the RAMC and, subsequently obtaining a regular commission, he continued as an army surgeon through the following twenty years. He attained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, took the Fellowship in 1952 and became consulting surgeon to the Eastern Command at Colchester. He died in 1965 aged about fifty.
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/E006000-E006999/E006100-E006199
Media Type:
Unknown
