Dr Thomas Norton Penn Wilton
Personal Details
Dr Thomas Norton Penn Wilton MRCS LRCP FFARCS DA
21/09/1914 to 28/07/1996
Place of birth: Dartmouth, Devon, England
Nationality: British
CRN: 522654
Education and qualifications
| General education | University of Cambridge and Medical School at Middlesex Hospital, London |
|---|---|
| Primary medical qualification(s) | MRCS Eng., LRCP Lond., 1940 |
| Initial Fellowship and type | FFARCS by Election |
| Year of Fellowship | 1953 |
| Other qualification(s) | DA (RCP&S), 1947 |
Professional life and career
Postgraduate career
After graduation Wilton was a house officer at Tindal House Emergency Hospital, Sector V, Aylesbury, followed by Resident Anaesthetist at Croydon General Hospital. About August 1941 he joined the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve (RNVR) as a Temporary Surgeon Lieutenant. Designated Honorary Anaesthetist to Dreadnought Hospital, Greenwich before demobilisation in 1948, he was then appointed as an anaesthetist in the Surgical Thoracic Unit, Frenchay Park Hospital, Bristol. There he was soon awarded Consultant status and he remained in this post until his retirement in 1980.
Professional interests and activities
Wilton was a member of the Royal Society of Medicine, and of the Society of Anaesthetists of the South Western Region (President for 1972-73). He served on the Council of the Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain & Ireland for 1952-55. Clinically he specialised in anaesthesia for thoracic and plastic surgery. He published several articles, most notably on anaesthesia for paediatric oesophageal surgery. In 1965 he was joint author with F Wilson and WW Mushin of the book “Neonatal Anaesthesia”.
Other biographical information
He married Sylvia Mary Hack in 1966 and they had two daughters and a son. On his retirement he established an annual Wilton Prize for for the most outstanding trainee in the department, and he was designated Emerituis Consultant Avon AHA. He died at the age of 81 years, survived by his family.
Author and sources
Author:
Dr Alistair McKenzie
Sources and comments:
[1]. Zorab J. Obituary Thomas Norton Penn Wilton (with photograph). BMJ 1996; 313: 749. [2] Medical Registers and Directories. [3] ancestry.co.uk