Name Clement Thomas | ||
Died March 19, 1973, Midhurst, United Kingdom | ||
Sir Clement Price Thomas KCVO FRCS FRCP (born Abercarn 22 November 1893 – died Midhurst 19 March 1973) was a twentieth century pioneering surgeon most famous for his 1951 operation on George VI.
Biography
Price Thomas was born in Abercarn and educated at Caterham School and the University College of South Wales During the First World War he served with the Royal Army Medical Corps in Gallipoli, Macedonia and Palestine. After a period of study at Westminster Hospital Medical School, he qualified in 1921 and in time held all residential appointments there.
In 1951, Thomas led the team that removed a cancerous left lung from King George VI. His Times obituary noted that despite his huge fame and international reputation "the more honours that befell him, the more did his innate modesty came to the fore".