Harold Laurens Dundas Kirkham

Background

Kirkham, Harold Laurens Dundas was born on March 24, 1887 in Norfolk, England. Son of Frederick William and Delphine (Laurens) Kirkham.

Education

Etl. Bedford Modern School (England) and Junior Local, University of Oxford. Doctor of Medicine, University of Texas, 1909.

Career

Came to the United States, 1904, naturalized, 1918. Interne, Saint Joseph’s Infirmary, Houston, Texas, 1909. Professor plastic surgery, Baylor University, Houston, Texas, since 1943.

Plastic surgeon, Southern Pacific Railroad, Methodist Hospital, Jefferson Davis Hospital (all Houston, Texas).

Serving as captain, Medical Corps V(South), U.SN.R. Chief of department of plastic surgery United States Naval Hospital, San Diego, California.

Organizer Medical Specialist Unit. Northern 48, United States Navy Reserve Diplomate American Board Surgery (Founders Group). Fellow American College Surgeons.

Member American Board Plastic Surgery, American Association Plastic Surgeons (past president).

Texas Surgical Society (past president), Southern Surgical Society.

Achievements

• Harold Laurens Dundas Kirkham has been listed as a noteworthy plastic surgeon. by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Clubs: Rotary, Braeburn Country (Houston).

Connections

Married Frida Julia Buchel, February 8, 1911 (died 1927). Married second, Margaret Shelton Shimin, April. Children: Harold Buchel, Doris Buchel (Mistress Charles A. Brokaw).

Father:

Frederick William Kirkham

Mother:

Delphine (Laurens) Kirkham

Spouse:

Frida Julia Buchel

Spouse:

Margaret Shelton Shimin

child:

Doris Buchel Kirkham (Mistress Charles A. Brokaw)

child:

Harold Buchel Kirkham