Dr Kathleen Longton Oldham
Personal details
Dr Kathleen Longton Oldham FFARCS MRCS LRCP DA
27/07/1897 to 12/02/1980
Place of birth: Wavertree, Liverpool, Lancashire
Nationality: British
CRN: 715476
Previous/other family name: Married 1931 (nee Hicks)
Education and qualifications
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General education |
School unknown; University |
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Primary medical qualification(s) |
MRCS LRCP, 1925 |
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Initial Fellowship and type |
FFARCS by Election |
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Year of Fellowship |
1948 |
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Other qualification(s) |
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Professional life and career
Postgraduate career
No information found on early appointments, but by 1927 she was honorary anaesthetist to the Childrens Hospital, Birkenhead, adding the same appointment at the North Liverpool Hospital two years later. From 1932 the Birkenhead appointment was to the General, and from 1942 the Liverpool one to the Royal Liverpool Hospital, this later becoming the Royal United Liverpool Hospitals. She retired in 1961.
Professional interests and activities
Awarded the DA(RCP&S) without examination in 1938. No information on interests.
Other biographical information
Husband, James B Oldham, was an eminent surgeon, and she worked with him. Although he was known for always criticising and complaining, he wouldn’t work with anyone else! There were no children.
Author and Sources
Author: Prof Tony Wildsmith
Sources and any other comments: Medical Directory | livesonline.rcseng.ac.uk | Ancestry.co.uk | Prof Jennie Hunter & Dr Raymond Ahearn