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William John Virgin
1st [[Principal]] Dhaka Medical College
In office
1 July 1946 – 14 August 1947
Succeeded byColonel E. G. Montgomery
Personal details
Born(1905-12-16)16 December 1905
Died18 October 1997(1997-10-18) (aged 91)
Military service
Branch/serviceIndian Medical Service
RankMajor

William John Virgin (16 December 1905 – 18 October 1997)[1] was a serving Major in the former Indian Medical Service in British India. He was the first Principal of Dhaka Medical College.[2] Virgin was born in Toronto, Canada on 16 December 1905. He served primarily in India and, after its formation, Bangladesh.

Career

The University of Toronto in June 1933 conferred on Virgin the degree Doctor of Medicine.[3]

He was an orthopedic surgeon by profession. He joined the Indian Medical Service, where he was promoted to Lieutenant on 1 August 1933 [on prob], and Captain on 1 August 1934 [on prob] (17/2/36).[1][4] He received a promotion to the post of Major on 1 August 1943.[5] He was posted in Dhaka from 1943 to 1947,[6] where he was appointed as the Civil Surgeon of Dhaka.[7]

Virgin was made the head of the committee to establish a medical college in Dhaka. Dhaka Medical College was started on 10 July 1946, and Virgin was made its founding principal,[8][9][10] as well as the first superintendent of the Dhaka Medical College Hospital.[10][11] He also served as the first ever Dean of Faculty of Medicine at the University of Dhaka.[12] On 21 December 1946, Virgin succeeded Major F. H. A. L. Davidson, IMS, as the medical officer of Dhaka Central Jail.[13]

Virgin served as the principal of Dhaka Medical College and Hospital until 14 August 1947. Later, he joined the department of orthopedic surgery of the University of Liverpool as a senior research fellow.[14]

Later in life, he wrote a book on his experience in India titled The India I Knew: Experiences of a Canadian Orthopaedic Surgeon over 50 Years, which was published in 1988.[6]

Personal life

In 1934, Virgin married Zelma Crone, with whom he had five children. He died in Toronto on 18 October 1997 at the age of 91.

References

  1. ^ a b "(456) - Army lists > Half-yearly Army lists 1923 - Feb 1950 (From 1947, annual, despite the name) > 1939 > Second half - British Military lists - National Library of Scotland". digital.nls.uk. Retrieved 2020-08-12.
  2. ^ "History of Dhaka Medical College". Dhaka Medical College. Retrieved 2020-08-11.
  3. ^ University of Toronto Calendar: Faculty of Medicine, 1934-1935. The University of Toronto Press. 1934. pp. 116–117.
  4. ^ The Monthly Army List. London: His Majesty's Stationery Office. July 1935. pp. 895–9.
  5. ^ "(1021) - Army lists > Quarterly Army Lists (Second Series), July 1940-December 1950 > 1946 > Second quarter > Part 2 > Volume 1 - British Military lists - National Library of Scotland". digital.nls.uk. Retrieved 2020-08-12.
  6. ^ a b Virgin, W. J. (1988). Neely, Lois (ed.). The India I Knew: Experiences of a Canadian Orthopaedic Surgeon over 50 Years. Toronto, ON, Canada: W. J. Virgin.
  7. ^ Zaman, Habibuz (1999). "Dhaka Medical College: The early years". Seventy years in a shaky subcontinent. London: Janus. p. 135. ISBN 1-85756-405-7. OCLC 43210443.
  8. ^ "DMC envisions to be one of the best medical institutions in South Asia by 2021 -Prof. Khan Abul Kalam Azad". The Guardian. Dhaka. Retrieved 2020-08-11.
  9. ^ "Sixty Three years of Dhaka Medical College". Star Campus. 19 July 2009. Retrieved 2020-08-11.
  10. ^ a b "History". Bangladesh Society of Anasthesiologists. Retrieved 2020-08-11.
  11. ^ "Local Health Bulletin- 2020". app.dghs.gov.bd. Retrieved 2020-08-11.
  12. ^ "University of Dhaka". Banglapedia. Retrieved 2020-08-11.
  13. ^ Service Notes.The Indian Medical Gazette. Feb, 1947. p112.(PDF)
  14. ^ Virgin, W. J. (1951-11-01). "Experimental investigations into the physical properties of the intervertebral disc". The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. British Volume. 33-B (4): 607–611. doi:10.1302/0301-620X.33B4.607. ISSN 0301-620X. PMID 14880588.
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