Gordon King (gynaecologist)
Gordon King | |
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| Born | 7 July 1900 London, England |
| Died | 4 October 1991 (aged 91) Perth, Western Australia, Australia |
| Alma mater | London Hospital Medical College |
Gordon King FRACS (7 July 1900 – 4 October 1991), Chinese name Wang Guodong (Chinese: 王國棟), was an English gynaecologist who taught in Hong Kong, China, Australia, and Kenya.
Biography
A native of
Royal College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology.[1]
After King earned his medical qualifications, he began teaching at
Officer of the British Empire. Between 1954 and 1955, he was pro vice chancellor of Hong Kong University.[1][2]
In 1956, the vice-chancellor of the
Royal Australian College of Surgeons. He retired from UWA in 1965, and served as president of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists between 1966 and 1967. Between 1966 and 1969, King was founding dean of the Faculty of Medicine at University College, Nairobi.[1][3]
King married a medical practitioner and missionary named Mary Ellison on 9 April 1927 at the British consulate in Peking. The couple had three daughters, Allison, Margaret, and Ellen. After Ellison's death in 1967, King married the botanist Bek To Chiu at Church of St George, Bristol on 14 June 1968. In later life, King was diagnosed with dementia and died in South Perth on 4 October 1991. He was buried in Karrakatta Cemetery.[1][3]
References
- ^ a b c d Allbrook, Malcolm (2017). "King, Gordon (1900–1991)". Australian Dictionary of National Biography.
- ISBN 9789622094727.
- ^ a b "A King-size contribution to medicine". University of Western Australia. 12 August 2009. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
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