Thomas Shephard Novis
Thomas Shephard Novis FRCS (3 December 1874 – 2 March 1962), was a British surgeon with the Indian Medical Service.[1]
Life[]
Novis was born on 3 December 1874. He was educated at Bedford Modern School and trained at the London Hospital where he qualified as MRCS and LRCP in 1897.[2][3] He joined the Indian Medical Service in 1898 and was promoted to Captain in 1901, Major in 1910 and Lieutenant-Colonel in 1918. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1910 and became Professor of Surgery and Senior Surgeon at the Grant Medical College and Sir Jamshedjee Jeejeebhoy Group of Hospitals, Bombay.[4]
Thomas Novis retired from the Indian Medical Service in 1927. He died in Cape Town on 2 March 1962.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b "Plarr's Lives of the Fellows, Novis, Thomas Shephard".
- ^ The Eagle Vol. XVI no, 1 (March, 1926), p. 59
- ^ "Plarr's Lives of the Fellows, Novis, Thomas Shephard, retrieved March, 2015".
- ^ "Plarr's Lives of the Fellows, Novis, Thomas Shephard, retrieved, March 2015".
Categories:
- 1874 births
- 1962 deaths
- People educated at Bedford Modern School
- Indian Medical Service officers
- Fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons