D'Arcy Power

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Sir
Sir D'Arcy Power
FSA
Born(1855-11-11)11 November 1855
Pimlico, London
Died18 May 1941(1941-05-18) (aged 85)
OccupationSurgeon. medical historian
Known forContributions to the Dictionary of National Biography

President of the Medical Society of London

President of the Harveian Society of London

President of History of Medicine Society at the Royal Society of Medicine
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Sir D'Arcy Power,

FSA (11 November 1855 in Pimlico, London - 18 May 1941) was a British surgeon, medical historian, and contributor of some 200 articles on famous surgeons and other related figures to the Dictionary of National Biography.[1]

Medical career

D'Arcy Power was born on 11 November 1855 at 3 Grosvenor Terrace, Pimlico, in London, to Henry Power, himself a surgeon. Power was the eldest son of six boys and five girls.

Imperial Cancer Research Fund; President of the Medical Society of London; President of the Harveian Society of London and President of the History of Medicine Society (previously section) at the Royal Society of Medicine, 1926 to 1928.[4][5] Power also both taught and examined in medicine and wrote textbooks and articles for a number of medical journals.[1]

Army service

Commissioned as a surgeon in the

King's Birthday Honours.[1][9] He retired from the army on 30 September 1921.[10]

Personal life

Power married Eleanor Fosbroke, daughter of the surgeon George Haynes Fosbroke, in 1883; she predeceased him in 1923. They had two sons and a daughter.

Northwood, Middlesex, where he died on 18 May 1941.[2]

Notable works

Power's more notable standalone works included:[2]

References

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  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Ellis, Harold (September 2004). "Power, Sir D'Arcy (1855–1941)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 2 May 2010.
  3. ^ "No. 28619". The London Gazette. 18 June 1912. p. 4429.
  4. ^ "Power, Sir D'Arcy". Who Was Who (online ed.). A & C Black. December 2007. Retrieved 2 May 2010 – via Oxford University Press.
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  6. ^ "No. 25810". The London Gazette. 24 April 1888. p. 2330.
  7. ^ "No. 28181". The London Gazette. 29 September 1908. p. 7020.
  8. ^ "No. 28876". The London Gazette. 29 September 1908. p. 6606.
  9. ^ "No. 31395". The London Gazette. 6 June 1919. pp. 7425–7426.
  10. ^ "No. 32786". The London Gazette. 12 January 1923. p. 306.
  11. ^ "No. 28527". The London Gazette. 1 September 1911. p. 6456.
  12. ^ "No. 29608". The London Gazette (Supplement). 2 June 1916. pp. 5570–5576.
  13. ^ "No. 31112". The London Gazette. 7 January 1919. p. 369.
  14. ^ "No. 31978". The London Gazette. 13 July 1920. p. 7458.
  15. ^ "No. 37119". The London Gazette (Supplement). 8 June 1945. p. 2947.
  16. ^ "Casualty Details—Power, George Henry Fosbroke". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
  17. ^ "Members of the Survey Committee Pages 4-7 Survey of London Monograph 12". British History Online. Guild & School of Handicraft, London, 1926. Retrieved 27 February 2024.

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