Resource Name:
Resource Type:
External Resource
Asset Name:
E001963 - Bain, Walter Edward Spencer (1918 - 2007)
Title:
Bain, Walter Edward Spencer (1918 - 2007)
Author:
Tina Craig
Identifier:
RCS: E001963
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2012-02-03
2013-09-30
Subject:
Description:
Obituary for Bain, Walter Edward Spencer (1918 - 2007), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Bain, Walter Edward Spencer
Date of Birth:
1918
Place of Birth:
Ayr
Date of Death:
28 October 2007
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS 1942
FRCS 1947
MA MB BChir Cambridge 1942
LRCP1942
Details:
Walter Bain was a consultant ophthalmic surgeon at King Edward VII Hospital, Windsor. He was born in Ayr and educated at Loretto, Jesus College, Cambridge and Guy's Hospital. He qualified in medicine in 1942 and, joining the navy as a surgeon lieutenant, saw action in the Mediterranean and Far East. After the war he had early appointments in the ophthalmology departments of Guy's and St Thomas's and at Moorfields Hospital, meanwhile publishing papers on glaucoma. On appointment to the King Edward VII Hospital at Windsor, he was instrumental in installing the Prince Charles 25 bed eye ward with E C Glover. He was also consultant to the Royal Hospital for Neurodisability in Putney and the Heatherwood Hospital in Ascot.
He was a keen fly fisherman and an 8 handicap golfer at the Berkshire. Described as "a man of great charm and wit" he died of chronic obstructive lung disease on 28 October 2007, survived by his wife, Barbara.
Sources:
*BMJ* 2008 336 335.1
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/E001000-E001999/E001900-E001999
Media Type:
Unknown
