Dr. Victor Bremner Purvis

1904 - 1995  (90 years)

• Name	Victor Bremner Purvis  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Title	Dr.
  Birth	13 Aug 1904	Kampala, British East Africa   [1, 2, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Death	26 Jan 1995	Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire   [1, 3, 4, 5]
  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	Molteno Genealogy
  Last Modified	9 Jan 2019

  
  

  Family	Joanna Isabel Gibbs,   b. 29 Aug 1907, Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire d. 14 Nov 1995, Winchester, Hampshire (Age 88 years)
  Marriage	1 Oct 1945	Chelsea, London   [1]
  Family ID	F295	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Jul 2017

  
  

• Sources

  Database online. Record for Joanna Isabel Gibbs (aka Joan) [S380] Ancestry.com, 1911 England Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;), Class: RG14; Piece: 30190. [S383] Ancestry.com, England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;). [S64] Ancestry.com, England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2005, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.Original data - General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office. © Crown copyright. Published by permission of the Contro;), England and Wales, Death Index: 1984-2005. birth date: 13 AUG 1904 birth place: Kampala,British East Africa death date: Jan 1995 death place: Bullingdon, Oxfordshire, England [S64] Ancestry.com, England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2005, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.Original data - General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office. © Crown copyright. Published by permission of the Contro;), England and Wales, Death Index: 1984-2005. birth date: 29 Dec 1910 death date: Aug 1994 death place: Chichester, Sussex, England