Dr Charles John Massey Dawkins
13/07/1905 to 08/08/1975
Place of birth: London NW3 England
Nationality: British
CRN: 715385
Also known as: Massey to colleagues; Jack to friends
Education and qualifications
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General education |
Mill Hill School, London NW7 1918-1923; Emmanuel College, Cambridge University 1923-26; Middlesex Hospital, 1926-1929 |
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Primary medical qualification(s) |
MB BChir Cambridge 1929 |
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Initial Fellowship and type |
FFARCS by Election |
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Year of Fellowship |
1948 |
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Other qualification(s) |
MA, Cambrdge, 1926; MD Cambridge 1936; DA (RCP & RCS) 1936 |
Professional life and career
Postgraduate career
1929 resident anaesthetist, Middlesex Hospital then anaesthetist to the dental department. GP in Hampstead with honorary anaesthetic posts at Hampstead General Hospital and Paddington Green Children’s Hospital. Assistant anaesthetist, University College Hospital, 1939. Honorary, then consultant anaesthetist, UCH, 1941-1970. Also consultant anaesthetist; Hampstead General Hospital (Royal Free) and Paddington Green Children’s Hospital (St Mary’s).
Professional interests and activities
Pioneer of epidurals, administering the first in the UK in 1942. Film of epidural for Caesarean section, 1954; honoray member of Finnish Society of Anaesthetists, 1958; Honorary Secretary, Section of Anaesthestics, RSM, 1966-8 and President, 1974-5; Honorary Member of AAGBI 1974.
Other biographical information
His Father was European manager of Massey Ferguson, hence the name. He married Sylvia twice: first secretly 1929, then publicly 1930; one son (medical, died young) and two daughters (one medical). Keen and enthusiastic yachtsman; avid, but random collector of ‘antiques’.
Author and sources
Author: Adrian Padfield
Sources and any other comments:
[1] Lee JA. Obituary: C J Massey Dawkins. BMJ 1975; 3: 493 [2]Padfield A. Dawkins, (Charles John) Massey (1905-75). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2004: Index number 101070868.