Allan Perry

Sir Allan Perry (17 April 1860 – 17 December 1929)[1] was a British physician who was surgeon major, principal civil medical officer, and inspector general of hospitals in Ceylon.

Perry was born in Luton, Kent, on 17 April 1860 the youngest son of Isaac and Betsy Kains née Bond. He earned his Doctor of Medicine at Durham University, a Doctor of Public Health, a Membership of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons and a Licence of the Society of Apothecaries. Perry served in the Royal Army Medical Corps, retiring with the rank of Surgeon Major. In 1897 he was appointed as Principal Medical Officer, Inspector-General of Hospitals and Principal of the Ceylon Medical College. He died in Effingham, aged 69.[2] He was knighted in London in 1904.[3] He retired in 1912. He re-activated into the Royal Army Medical Corps in World War I and was later commissioned as a Lieutenant Colonel, running the Harvard Unit at General Hospital No.22 in Camiers, France, before serving at the Auxiliary Hospital for Officers at Fowey, Cornwall.

He died at Effingham, Surrey on 17 December 1929, at the age of 69.[4]

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1. ^ Wright, Arnold. (Ed.) (1999). Twentieth Century Impressions of Ceylon: Its History, People, Commerce, Industries, and Resources. Reprint of 1907 edition. New Delhi & Madras: Asian Educational Services. p. 130\. ISBN 978-81-206-1335-5.`{{cite book}}`: CS1 maint: location (link)
2. ^ "Obituary". The Times. The Times Digital Archive. 30 December 1929. p. 12.
3. ^ Shaw, William Arthur. (1970). The Knights of England: A Complete Record from the Earliest Time to the Present Day &c. Vol. I. Clearfield. p. 419\. ISBN 978-0-8063-0443-4.
4. ^ "Deaths". British Medical Journal. 1930. British Medical Association: 174. 1930. ISSN 0959-8138.

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