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1 NAME James Hill /Conyers/
1 SEX M
1 OCCU Chief Surgeon
1 DEAT
2 DATE 1940
1 NOTE British Medical Journal Feb 24 1940
2 CONT J. H. CONYERS Late Surgeon-General, British Guiana
2 CONT By the death of Dr. James Hill Conyers at Hove on February 4 (writes K. S. W.) there passed away one of the
2 CONT most distinguished and beloved members of the medical service of British Guiana. Few lives can have been
2 CONT more completely devoted to the service of his fellow people and few have commanded in an equal degree their
2 CONT full respect and complete confidence.
2 CONT
2 CONT He was born in British Guiana in 1864, and his early education was passed in the schools of that Colony. He
2 CONT soon showed that ability and skill which was to characterize his work interest, and as an operating surgeon
2 CONT he continued his career and in 1908 was appointed assistant resident surgeon at the principal hospital. His
2 CONT skill and judgment in surgical treatment and his courtesy and kind,considerate manner soon brought him
2 CONT promotion,and in 1912 he took over the charge of the New Amsterdam Hospital. His administrative qualities
2 CONT were soon evident,and his reconstruction of the different departments of this hospital being completed in an
2 CONT eminently satisfactory manner,he was called to take charge of the principal hospital in Georgetown.In
2 CONT 1919,when the Surgeon General of British Guiana was promoted to Trinidad, Dr. J.H.Convyers was recognized as
2 CONT the most suitable officer to fill the vacant position,and thus he reached the culminating point of his
2 CONT career by holding the principal administrative position in the medical service of the Colony. In 1921
2 CONT failing health necessitated his retirement, to the universal regret of al classes of the community. There
2 CONT after he lived in England,first at Margate, then in London, and lately at Hove.
2 CONT
2 CONT To those who knew Dr. Conyers intimately he will be chiefly remembered not so much on account of the
2 CONT valuable work he accomplished during a long and active life as on account of what he was. He was a man of
2 CONT absolute integrity of character,unable to do an unkind,selfish,or unworthy action;afine gentleman of a
2 CONT disappearing generation,imbued through and through with a kindly courtesy and aninnate consideration for all
2 CONT people from the highest to the lowest. He leaves a widow.also in the medical profession, and a married
2 CONT daughter.
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