Dr Algernon Ian Ward
Personal Details
Dr Algernon Ian Ward MRCS LRCP MB BS FFARCS DA
Known as: Ian
22/08/1915 to 28/04/1992
Place of birth: Norwich, England
Nationality: British
CRN: 558015
Education and qualifications
| General education | Old Mercers’ School, London. Medical School at St Bartholomew’s Hospital in London, captaining the athletics club and representing the British universities in Paris, 1938. |
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| Primary medical qualification(s) | MRCS Eng., LRCP Lond., 1940 MB BS, University of London, 1941 |
| Initial Fellowship and type | FFARCS by Election |
| Year of Fellowship | 1953 |
| Other qualification(s) | DA (RCP&S), 1946 |
Professional life and career
Postgraduate career
After qualifying Ward was a house surgeon followed by senior resident anaesthetist at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London. He then joined the Royal Army Medical Corps and served in Burma, attaining the rank of Major. After demobilisation in 1947 he was appointed Assistant Anaesthetist to the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital and the Jenny Lind Hospital for Children. Following the start of the NHS his position there became Consultant Anaesthetist and he was also Visiting Anaesthetist to the Kelling Sanatorium, continuing in these posts until his retirement in 1976.
Professional interests and activities
He was a member of the Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain & Ireland. At the Kelling Sanatorium in Norfolk he developed a special interest in the anaesthetic management of thoracic disease and was skilled in anaesthesia for thoracoplasty. He was the anaesthetist for patients of orthopaedic surgeon George Kenneth McKee, who developed the McKee-Farrar artificial hip joint. In retirement he continued to anaesthetise for McKee in private practice overseas.
Other biographical information
His first marriage to Louisa Elizabeth produced a son and a daughter. He enjoyed sailing, tennis and golf. Culturally, as a guitarist he followed jazz and pursued his knowledge of fine wine by visiting vineyards. Widowed in 1976, he married Mary Morton in 1978. He died in Norwich at the age of 76, survived by his children and second wife.
Author and sources
Author:
Dr Alistair McKenzie
Sources and comments:
[1] Smith RR. Obituary A I Ward FFARCS (with photograph). BMJ 1992; 305: 470-1. [2] Medical Registers and Directories. [3] ancestry.co.uk