Edgar Alexander Pask
British anaesthetist
About Edgar Alexander Pask
Lived 1912 – 1966 (aged 54). Edgar Alexander Pask was a British anesthesiologist.
Edgar Alexander Pask (4 September 1912 – 30 May 1966) was a British anaesthetist and experimental physiologist. His academic career was spent at the University of Durham (Newcastle upon Tyne site), where he was reader in anaesthetics (1947–49) and then held a chair from 1949 until his death. He was the second professor of anaesthetics in the UK. He also headed the anaesthetics department at the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle.
Early life, education and early career Pask was born on 4 September 1912, to Mary (née Speedie) and Percy Pask.
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Who was Edgar Alexander Pask?
British anaesthetist (1912–1966)
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Edgar Alexander Pask was born on 17 January 1912.
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Edgar Alexander Pask died on 17 January 1966.
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Edgar Alexander Pask was an anesthesiologist.
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Edgar Alexander Pask was British.
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