About Basil Laver
Lived 1894 – 1934 (aged 40). Basil Laver was a surgeon.
Basil Laver (18 December 1894 – 28 December 1934), was a British surgeon whose highly successful career was cut short through illness. Laver's obituary in the British Medical Journal commented on his 'dynamic energy and capacity for work, his acute inquisitiveness of mind, and his absolute intolerance of shibboleths of medicine'. Laver died in Northampton on 28 December 1934 and his ashes were buried in Southampton. His wife and daughter survived him.
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Who was Basil Laver?
surgeon
When was Basil Laver born?
Basil Laver was born on 18 December 1894 in Middelburg.
When did Basil Laver die?
Basil Laver died on 28 December 1934 in England, Northampton.
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Basil Laver was a surgeon.
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