Eric Crichton
Eric Cuthbert Crichton (1888-1962) was the first professor in obstetrics and gynaecology in South Africa at the University of Cape Town.[1]
He was born 18 September 1888 in Yorkshire, but the family moved to Carrowgarry, County Sligo, soon after.[2] He was the great-grandson of the physician Alexander Crichton.[3] He graduated from Trinity College Dublin (M.B., B.Ch.) in 1912.[3]
During the First World War he served as an officer with the
mentioned in despatches. He was subsequently adjutant, physician and consultant at the No. 7 Red Cross Hospital in Montazah.[1] It was there that he met Helen Aukett, matron of the Red Cross Hospital. They married on 3 November 1919. They had two children.[3]
He was one of three professors who arrived in Cape Town in 1920 to establish the first full medical faculty.[4]
References
- ^ a b Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. (2014) RCOG Roll of Active Service, 1914-1918. Archived 28 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine London: Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. p. 3. Archived here.
- PMID 3313759.
- ^ PMID 399097.
- PMID 390736.
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