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Dr. Victor Bremner Purvis

Dr. Victor Bremner Purvis

Male 1904 - 1995  (90 years)

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  • Name Victor Bremner Purvis 
    Title Dr.  
    Birth 13 Aug 1904  Kampala, British East Africa Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Arrival 16 Jun 1930  Southampton, Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Proposed address: Preston Hall, Stockton on Tees, Durham 
    Departure Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1939  St Marylebone, London Find all individuals with events at this location 
    152 Harley Street and at: Chathow, Radlett, Herts. 
    Residence 1947  The Bluff, Chinnor Hill, Oxfordshire Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Medical Register. He qualified in 1927 from the Univ. of Durham. 
    Death 26 Jan 1995  Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire Find all individuals with events at this location 
    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.
    Person ID I963  Gibbs Family Tree
    Last Modified 9 Jan 2019 

    Father John Bremner Purvis,   b. 23 Mar 1871, Millbank Street Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Jan 1951, 418 Westgate Road (hospital), Newcastle upon Tyne Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Annie Willis,   b. 1874, Darlington, Durham Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 May 1947, Durham Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years) 
    Marriage Jul 1901  Darlington, Durham Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F595  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Jean Winifred Ropner,   b. 3 Mar 1908, Stockton on Tees, Durham Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Jul 1978, Westminster, London Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years) 
    Marriage Sep 1929  Stockton, Durham Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Ian Bremner Purvis,   b. 28 Sep 1933   d. 1 Nov 2016 (Age 83 years)
    +2. Julia Mackay Purvis
    Family ID F328  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 29 Apr 2018 

    Family 2 Joanna Isabel Gibbs,   b. 29 Aug 1907, Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Nov 1995, Winchester, Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years) 
    Marriage 1 Oct 1945  Chelsea, London Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Lucia Elizabeth Purvis
     2. Christopher Thomas Bremner Purvis
    Family ID F295  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 9 Jul 2017 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 13 Aug 1904 - Kampala, British East Africa Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - Sep 1929 - Stockton, Durham Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsArrival - Proposed address: Preston Hall, Stockton on Tees, Durham - 16 Jun 1930 - Southampton, Hampshire Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeparture - - Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 152 Harley Street and at: Chathow, Radlett, Herts. - 1939 - St Marylebone, London Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1 Oct 1945 - Chelsea, London Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Medical Register. He qualified in 1927 from the Univ. of Durham. - 1947 - The Bluff, Chinnor Hill, Oxfordshire Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 26 Jan 1995 - Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire Link to Google Earth
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    Documents
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