Denis Parsons Burkitt
Surgeon
1911 – 1993
Who was Denis Parsons Burkitt?
Denis Parsons Burkitt FRS, surgeon, was born in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Ireland. He was the son of James Parsons Burkitt. Aged eleven he lost his right eye in an accident. He attended Portora Royal School in Enniskillen and Dean Close School, England. In 1929 Burkitt entered Trinity College, Dublin, to study engineering but believing his evangelical calling was to be a doctor he transferred to medicine. In 1938 he passed the Edinburgh Royal College of Surgeons fellowship examinations. On 28 July 1943 he married Olive Rogers.
During World War II, Burkitt served with the Royal Army Medical Corps in England and later in Kenya and Somaliland. After the war Burkitt decided his future lay in medical service in the developing world and he moved to Uganda. He eventually settled in Kampala and remained there until 1964.
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- Born
- Feb 28, 1911
Enniskillen - Also known as
- Dr. Denis Parsons Burkitt
- Parents
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Profession
- Education
- Trinity College, Dublin
- Died
- Mar 23, 1993
Gloucester
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on July 23, 2013
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