Dr Edwin Stanley Pope
Personal Details
Dr Edwin Stanley Pope MRCS LRCP MB BS FFARCS DA
11/03/1901 to 23/02/1968
Place of birth: Holland
Nationality: British
CRN: 723958
Education and qualifications
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General education |
Attended school in Middlesex, England. |
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Primary medical qualification(s) |
MRCS Eng., LRCP Lond., 1929 MB BS University of London 1933 |
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Initial Fellowship and type |
FFARCS by Election |
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Year of Fellowship |
1953 |
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Other qualification(s) |
BA, University of Cambridge, 1922 |
Professional life and career
Postgraduate career
After graduating he undertook resident appointments at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London and St Andrew’s Hospital, Dollis Hill. Next he entered general practice at Bromley, Kent and secondly at Buckingham. He joined the RAMC in the Second World War, serving in Iceland, Kenya and Germany and attaining the rank of Major. On demobilisation he set out to specialise in anaesthetics and in 1948 he was appointed clinical assistant at St Bartholomew’s and Hill End Hospitals. Soon he was promoted to additional chief assistant anaesthetist and registrar at Barts, and by the end of 1950 he was appointed Consultant Anaesthetist at the South Cheshire group of hospitals. He remained in this post until his retirement in 1966.
Professional interests and activities
He was a member of the British Medical Association and of the Association of Anaesthetists. A fellow of the Manchester Medical Society, he served a term as President of its Section of Anaesthetics. He was an early author (1957) on the use of halothane and also described a left handed laryngoscope. A colleague described him as as having a colourful and generous personality, always willing to help, and kind and understanding to patients.
Other biographical information
On retirement Pope moved to live in Devon. He died in Exeter aged 66, survived by his wife and daughter.
Author and sources
Author:
Dr Alistair McKenzie
Sources and comments:
[1] Anonymous. Obituary BMJ 1968; 1 (23 March): 774. [2] Medical Registers and Directories. [3] ancestry.co.uk