Thomas Shepherd Novis FRCS (3 December 1874 – 2 March 1962), was a British surgeon with the Indian Medical Service.[1][2][3]
Thomas Shepherd Novis | |
|---|---|
| Born | 3 December 1874 |
| Died | 2 March 1962 (aged 87) |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | Bedford Modern School |
| Alma mater | London Hospital |
Life
editNovis 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.[1][4][5] He joined the Indian Medical Service in 1898 as a Lieutenant,[6] and was promoted to Captain in 1901, Major in 1910 and Lieutenant-Colonel in 1918.[7] 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.[1]
Thomas Novis retired from the Indian Medical Service in 1927. He died in Cape Town on 2 March 1962 and was survived by his wife, Beatrice Mildred Novis (née Mott).[1][8]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Novis, Thomas Shephard (1874 - 1962)". livesonline.rcseng.ac.uk.
- ^ Roll of the Indian Medical Service 1615-1930 - Volume 2. Andrews UK Limited. 8 February 2012. ISBN 9781781502310.
- ^ The India Office and Burma Office List. Harrison and sons, Limited. 1928.
- ^ The Eagle, The Magazine of Bedford Modern School, Vol. XVI no, 1 (March, 1926), p. 59
- ^ A Register of the Old Boys of the Bedford Modern School. Compiled and Edited by H.E. Vipan. Published in Bedford by W.J. Robinson, 1901, p. 88
- ^ The London Gazette, 23 August 1898, Issue 26998, p. 5084
- ^ The London Gazette, 2 September 1910, Issue 28412, p. 6337
- ^ Death notice in The Times, March 12, 1962, Death of Thomas Shepherd Novis, Royal Edition, Number 55,337, p. 1