Dr. Victor Bremner Purvis

Other Events and Attributes:

• Departure: Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
• Arrival: 16 Jun 1930, Southampton, Hampshire; Proposed address: Preston Hall, Stockton on Tees, Durham
• Residence: 1939, St Marylebone, London; 152 Harley Street and at: Chathow, Radlett, Herts.
• Residence: 1947, The Bluff, Chinnor Hill, Oxfordshire; Medical Register. He qualified in 1927 from the Univ. of Durham.

Notes:

Son of the Rev. John Bremner Purvis, Rural Dean of Bridlington, Northumberland. Educated at Grammar School, Stockton-on-Tees, BM., BS (Durham 1927), DO (Oxon) 1930, DOMS (London) 1930.

1921 Head of School, Stockton-on-Tees Grammar School. At Durham University Anatomy & Histology Prizeman 1923 & 24; Demonstrator in Anatomy 1924; President, College of Medicine Medical Soc. 1926; Clinical Assistant Ryhope Asylum 1926; M.B., B.S., 1927. Ship's Surgeon, Blue Funnel Line 1927; General Practice, Middleton St. George, 1928; Clinical Assistant, Oxford Eye Hosp. 1930. Diploma in Ophthalmology, Oxford 1932; First Assistant Moorfields Eye Hosp. 1933; D.O.M.S. (London Univ.) 1933; Clinical Assistant Middlesex Hosp. 1934. E.M.S. Surgeon, Moorfields Eye Hospital 1939; Registrar, Moorfields Eye Hosp. 1942; Lecturer Optics Anatomy & Physiology, Moorfields, 1942; Lecturer Optics University Oxford, 1946. Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon Peace Memorial Hospital, Watford, 1946; Hon. Ophthalmic Surgeon, Royal Caledonian Schools, 1946; Consultant Surgeon, Oxford Eye Hosp. & Clinical Lecturer Oxford University 1947; Consultant Surgeon Oxford Regional Hospital Board 1947.

Hon. Secretary Ophthalmic Section, Royal Society Medicine 1944; Member of Council Ophthalmological Society of the U.K. 1945; Member of Council & Appointments Committee, National Ophthalmic Treatment Board 1949-72; (Chairman, 1966-72). Member Ophthalmic Group Committee B.M.A. 1949-72. Inventor Streak Retinoscope 1943; produced first cinema film of Retinoscopy 1944. Contributor to the Transactions of the Ophthalmological Society U.K 1947-66.

Two children by his first marriage: Ian Bremner Purvis born 28 September 1933, and Julia Mackay Purvis born 13 January 1937.

Interests: Oil painting.

Victor married Jean Winifred Ropner in Sep 1929 in Stockton, Durham. Jean (daughter of Leonard Ropner and Georgina MacKay) was born on 3 Mar 1908 in Stockton on Tees, Durham; died on 7 Jul 1978 in Westminster, London. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Ian Bremner Purvis was born on 28 Sep 1933; died on 1 Nov 2016; was buried in Jedburgh, Scotland.
2. Julia Mackay Purvis

Victor married Joanna Isabel Gibbs on 1 Oct 1945 in Chelsea, London. Joanna (daughter of Canon Reginald Gibbs and Lucia McCausland) was born on 29 Aug 1907 in Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire; died on 14 Nov 1995 in Winchester, Hampshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Lucia Elizabeth Purvis
2. Christopher Thomas Bremner Purvis

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 2 Apr 1911, Sunderland, Durham; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head

John married Elizabeth Annie Willis in Jul 1901 in Darlington, Durham. Elizabeth (daughter of George Willis and Jane Thompson) was born in 1874 in Darlington, Durham; died on 28 May 1947 in Durham. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 2 Apr 1911, Sunderland, Durham; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife

James married Ann Alexander. Ann was born in 1839; died in Mar 1892 in Darlington. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

George married Jane Thompson. Jane was born in 1853; died in Jan 1884 in Darlington, Durham. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]