Dr Harris Waters

Personal Details

Dr Harris Waters MB ChB FFARCS DA

Other family name(s) and date(s) of change:  Born Gewater, changed to Waters in November 1947

01/03/1912 to 03/09/2001

Place of birth: Whitechapel, London, England

Nationality: British

CRN: 521354

Education and qualifications

General education	Medical School, University of Liverpool 1930-36
Primary medical qualification(s)	MB ChB, University of Liverpool, 1936
Initial Fellowship and type	FFARCS by Election
Year of Fellowship	1953
Other qualification(s)	DA (RCP&S), 1947

Professional life and career

Postgraduate career

After graduation he was a casualty officer and house surgeon at Liverpool Royal Infirmary, followed by house physician at the Royal Liverpool Children’s Hospital. In 1939 he entered general practice in Sunderland, Co. Durham. By 1944 he was appointed Honorary Anaesthetist at Darlington Memorial Hospital and Durham County Hospital; he also served as an anaesthetist in the E.M.S. After the start of the NHS in 1948 he was appointed Consultant Anaesthetist at Dryburn Hospital, Durham. He remained in this post as a senior consultant until his retirement about 1978.

Professional interests and activities

At Dryburn Hospital he set up the anaesthetic department. In 1964 he was elected Chairman of the North of England Society of Anaesthetsts.

Other biographical information

Gewater married Sonia Bawlinson in 1941 and they had three sons. He enjoyed music, particularly 1930s jazz; and he played golf until he was 80. He died suddenly at the age of 89, survived by his family. 

Author and sources

Author:

Dr Alistair McKenzie

Sources and comments:

[1] Waters KJ, Waters TS. Obituary Harris Waters. BMJ 2001; 323: 1256. [2] Medical Registers and Directories. [3] ancestry.co.uk [4] Information from his son, Kenneth J Waters, in May 2025.