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Name: GARNHAM, Percy Cyril Claude (Dr.)
Birth Date: 15 Jan 1901 Stoke Newington
Death Date: 25 Dec 1994 Slough
First Date: 1925
Profession: Medical Officer, Medical Dept., Kenya in 1939, appointed 1925. Originally Prob. Medical Officer 1925
Area: Kisumu, 1930 Native Civil Hospital, Nairobi
Married: In Kensington 31 Dec 1924 Esther Long Price b. 27 Jan 1901 Talley, Wales, d. 1995 Wycombe, Bucks.
Children: Diana Mfanwy (3 Nov 1926-1997); John Claude (17 May 1932 Nairobi-2006); Isolde (1928); Cicely M. (1930); Jasper (27 Aug 1934 Nairobi); dau. (1 Feb 1939 Nairobi)
Book Reference: Staff 39, Red 31, Hut, Dominion
School: Paradise School, Stamford Hill; Barts;MRCS (Eng), LRCP (Lond), MD, BS (U. Lond) DPH (Lond); Univ of Paris
General Information:
Dominion - Health Officer - 1930
Gazette - 1/7/1925 - Arrived on 1st Appointment - Medical Officer - Dr. P.C.C. Garnham
Anna Crozier, The Colonial Medical Officer, PH.D. thesis, UCL 2005: Career: MO Kenya (1925-47); Reader in Medical Parasitology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (1947-51); Professor of Medical Parasitology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (1952-68); Professor Emeritus, Senior Research Fellow, Imperial College of Science and Technology (1968-79); visiting Professor University of Strathclyde (1970-87); retired UK, University of London Gold Medal (1928); Darling Medal WHO (1952); Bernhardt Nocht Medal Hamburg (1958); Gaspar Vianna Medal Brazil (1962); CMG (1964); FRS(1964); Manson Medal (1966); Emile Brumpt Prize Paris (1970); Medaille d’Or Society de Pathologie Exotique (1971); Medialle de Vermeil France (1972); Mary Kingsley Medal Liverpool (1973); Rudolf Leuckart Medal Germany (1974); Honorary Fellow London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (1976); Honorary Fellow Imperial College of Science and Technology (1979); Frink Medal Zoological Society (1985); Linnean Medal (1986); Honorary FRCP ed [n.d.]; Knight of Grace Mil. and Hospitaller Order of St. Lazarus of Jerusalem [n.d.]