Dr R.L Paterson, medical missonary

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  • Reference
    • GB 250 83
  • Dates of Creation
    • c.1950
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 1 item

Scope and Content

Pamphlet on the Nessie Knight Hospital at Sulenkama, c.1950

Administrative / Biographical History

Robert Lamb Paterson, a graduate of Glasgow University, gained his medical qualifications MB ChB in 1927. He married Nessie Knight, who had starred on the Glasgow stage, and together they went out to South Africa and settled at Sulenkama, where Dr Paterson established a hospital. They had two children Stewart and Elspeth Jean. Money was raised for the hospital by the Nessie Knight Club.

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Related Material

Medical case of Dr Paterson, 2003.2.