Obituaries
Ernest Kirwan
BMJ 2024; 386 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.q1938 (Published 06 September 2024) Cite this as: BMJ 2024;386:q1938
- Patrick Kirwan,
- Robert Kirwan,
- Edward Kirwan,
- Sarah Bench
Ernest (Curly) Kirwan was born in Kolkata, India, to an Anglo-Irish ophthalmic surgeon father and an American mother. He spent his first six years in India before moving to London in 1935. In 1939 he was evacuated during the blitz to Portland, Oregon, with his brother. He returned to London in 1944, before attending Ampleforth College, North Yorkshire.
He gained a place to study medicine at Gonville and Caius College, …
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