Digby, Kenelm Hutchison (1913-EOP)

Kenelm Hutchison Digby

updated on November 17, 2013

b. August 4, 1884, London - d. February 23, 1953, London. MBBS (Lond.) February 9, 1907; trained at Guy’s Hospital, London 1907; FRCS 1910. Surgical Registrar, Guy’s Hospital 1909-11. Principal Medical Officer, Great Central Railway, England 1912. Hong Kong nlt.1913. Registered to practice Hong Kong September 4, 1914 through EOP. Professor of Anatomy 1913-23; Surgery 1923-45; Ho Tung Professor of Surgery 1914-45 HKU. Medical Board 1923-25. Hong Kong Government, Honorary Consultant in Surgery 1915-48; Surgeon, Queen Mary Hospital 1930-48. Japanese occupation of Hong Kong, interned 1941-45 Stanley Camp; conducted a surgical clinic for fellow internees; ran a camp hospital including the performance of surgical procedures. Residence: Windy Lodge, #551 The Peak 1941. Left Hong Kong for UK 1949. Research work, Royal College of Surgeons of England. President, HKBMA 1956. Council, BMA 1952-53. Publications: Immunity in Health: the Functions of the Tonsils and the Appendix, 1919. Honor: King's Silver Jubilee Medal 1935; OBE 1939; Professor Emeritus, HKU 1945; K. H. Digby Memorial Fund, HKU 1954.

m. Selina D. Law 1913.

Selected bibliography: The Hong Kong Government Gazette, September 4, 1914, #345; May 6, 1935, #362; May 9, 1941, #558.