Background
Fairbank, Thomas John was born on June 26, 1912 in London. Son of Harold Arthur Thomas and Florence Kathleen (Ogilvie) Fairbank.
Fairbank, Thomas John was born on June 26, 1912 in London. Son of Harold Arthur Thomas and Florence Kathleen (Ogilvie) Fairbank.
Bachelor of Arts with first class honours, Trinity College, Cambridge, 1934. Bachelor of Medicine, B. Chir., Saint Thomas"s Hospital, 1937.
Registrar surgical unit Saint Thomas"s Hospital, London, 1939, resident assistant surgeon, 1946-1947. Chief assistant orthopaedic department Manchester Royal Infirmiry, 1947-1948. Consultant orthopaedic surgeon United Cambridge Hospitals and East Anglian regional, 1949-1977, Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge, since 1977.
Examiner in surgery The Court of Examiners Royal College Surgeons of England, 1963-1969, University Birmingham, 1960-1963, University Cambridge.
Member editorial board Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. Served to major Medical Corps, Royal Army, 1939-1945. Travelling fellow American, British, Canada Orthopaedic Association, 1948.
Fellow British Orthopaedic Association (president 1974-1975), Royal College Surgeons, American Academy Orthopaedic Surgeons (honorary).
Member Société International de Chirurgie Orthopedique et de Traumatologie, Royal Society Medicine (president orthopaedic section 1969).
Married Jeannine Giselle Hayes, September 20, 1946. Children– Jeremy, William, Philippa, Clarissa.