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Hall, Vernon Frederick, 1904-1998, anaesthetist
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- Hall, Vernon Frederick "Sam"
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1904-1998
History
Born in 1904, Hall studied medicine at King's College Hospital Medical School, MRCS LRCP, 1927. Took up post at King's College Hospital as Junior House Anaesthetist and appointed Consultant in 1930. During WW2 joined RAMC and was sent to the British Military Hospital in Colombo, Sri Lanka to establish training for anaesthetists in South East Asia. He returned to King's College Hospital and was appointed Dean of the Medical School from 1951-1967, retired in 1969. He was a member of the University Faculty of Medicine and Chairman of the University Board of Advanced Medical Studies, a founder member of the Royal College of Surgeons Faculty of Anaesthetists (later the Royal College of Anaesthestists), and President of the Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland. Died in 1998.
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Royal College of Anaesthetists
Further information is available at the National Archives (F66520)