Sir Robert Wright DSO

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(1 March 1915 – 4 December 1981) was a senior British surgeon; a former President of the

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of Great Britain and former President of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow.

Early life and career

Robert Brash Wright was born on 1 March 1915 and educated at the famous Hamilton Academy school, from which he matriculated at the University of Glasgow. Graduating MB ChB in 1937, Wright went on to serve in the

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during World War II and at a very young age was awarded the

, in 1944, and the DSO, in 1945, for distinguished service.
British Medical Journal, Vol. 283, 12 December 1981, pp 1616 – obituary, Sir Robert Wright. Retrieved 15 December 2010

Later life and career

Rejoining civilian life, in 1946 Robert Wright was appointed assistant surgeon at

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. The following year he was awarded Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh; in 1952,

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and, in 1953 appointed Surgeon-in-Charge at the

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, Glasgow. Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow followed in 1962, of which he was elected president, 1968–70. In 1968, Robert Wright was awarded Honorary Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons and in 1970 elected a member, and in 1980 elected president, of the

of Great Britain. Elected a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, London, in 1971, Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of England followed in 1975. Knighted in 1976, Robert Brash Wright died, aged 66, on 4 December 1981.
Royal College of Surgeons of England. Lives of the Fellows – Sir Robert Brash Wright. Retrieved 15 December 2010

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wright, Robert Brash 1915 births People educated at Hamilton Academy Alumni of the University of Glasgow Scottish surgeons 20th-century Scottish medical doctors Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians Knights Bachelor Scottish knights Officers of the Order of the British Empire 1981 deaths Chairs of the General Medical Council