How you can use this image
This image can be used for non-commercial research or private study purposes, and other UK exceptions to copyright permitted to users based in the United Kingdom under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, as amended and revised. Any other type of use will need to be cleared with the rights holder(s).
Review the copyright credit lines that are located underneath the image, as these indicate who manages the copyright (©) within the artwork, and the photographic rights within the image.
The collection that owns the artwork may have more information on their own website about permitted uses and image licensing options.
Review our guidance pages which explain how you can reuse images, how to credit an image and how to find images in the public domain or with a Creative Commons licence available.
Notes
Add or edit a note on this artwork that only you can see. You can find notes again by going to the ‘Notes’ section of your account.
Sir Geoffrey Organe was one of the most widely known and respected anaesthetists of his generation. He was born on Christmas Day in 1908 in Madras, India. He was educated at Taunton School and at Christ's College, Cambridge, and Westminster Medical School. In 1938 he was appointed the first registrar in anaesthetics at Westminster. After a period in general practice he was elected to the consultant staff of his hospital and spent the rest of his professional life there, becoming the Foundation Professor in Anaesthetics at Westminster Medical School. His contributions to anaesthesia nationally and internationally were immense. He served on, or chaired, virtually every major anaesthetic committee and organisation. He was Vice President of the BMA's section of anaesthetics in 1949, President of the World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists, a member of the Council of the Royal College of Surgeons, President of the section of anaesthetics of the Royal Society of Medicine, President of the Association of Anaesthetists, Dean of the Faculty of Anaesthetists, and for many years an examiner for the FFARCS.
He received many honours during his long career, including the FRCS in 1965, an honorary fellowship of the Royal Society of Medicine, and the John Snow medal of the Association of Anaesthetists. He was knighted in 1968.
Geoffrey, with his tall, distinguished figure and magnificent command of the English language, was in great demand as a speaker. He frequently travelled abroad for the British Council and the World Health Organization. Indeed, there were few countries that he did not visit professionally. His wide interests outside medicine included travel, gardening and photography.
Royal College of Anaesthetists
London
Title
Geoffrey Stephen William Organe (b.1908), Dean of the Faculty of Anaesthetists (1958–1961)
Date
c.1961
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 51 x W 41 cm
Accession number
RCOA49
Work type
Painting
Royal College of Anaesthetists
Churchill House, 35 Red Lion Square, London, Greater London WC1R 4SG England
-
Alfred Cosier Morris (b.1941), Vice-Chancellor of the University of Wales Lampeter (2003–2008) Trinity St David, Lampeter, Founder's Library -
David Richard Seabourne Davies (1904–1984) Victoria Gallery & Museum -
Frederic William Maitland (1850–1906) Victoria Gallery & Museum -
Eric Sunderland (1930–2010), President of the University of Wales Lampeter (1998–2002) Trinity St David, Lampeter, Founder's Library -
Dr Gareth Owen (1922–2002), Vice-Chancellor (1979–1989) Aberystwyth University School of Art Museum and Galleries -
Kyffin Williams (1918–2006) Oriel Môn -
Kyffin Williams (1918–2006) Oriel Môn - 56 more