Hubert Bagster Trumper
{{Short description|British doctor and writer (1902–1975)}}
Hubert Bagster Trumper (27 December 1902 – 1975) was an English doctor and writer (as Hubert Bagster) from Lincolnshire. He also served in the [Royal Army Medical Corps]].
Biography
He was born in Market Rasen, Lincolnshire, on 27 December 1902.{{cite web |title=Vermont, St. Albans Canada Border Crossings, 1895-1954 |url=https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99DS-49DQ-F |website=familysearch.org |access-date=20 September 2022}} His father was Oscar Bagster Trumper (1872–1932), also a doctor.{{cite journal |title=OSCAR BAGSTER TRUMPER, M.B., B.Ch. F.R.C.S.Ed |journal=Br Med J |date=7 January 1933 |volume=1 |issue=3757 |pages=43–44 |doi=10.1136/bmj.1.3757.43-c |s2cid=19971650 |url=https://www.bmj.com/content/1/3757/43.4 |access-date=20 September 2022|url-access=subscription }}
In 1926, he was a medical student, travelling in the United States and Canada.
On 4 April 1928, he was promoted to Lieutenant in the Royal Army Medical Corps.
In 1929, he married Frances E Greener in Birmingham.{{cite web |title=England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005 |url=https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV8M-R7HS |website=familysearch.org |access-date=20 September 2022}}
Trumper was dismissed by ICI after raising his concerns about workers being exposed to the risk of cancer.{{cite web |title=Dr Hubert Bagster Trumper (centre) Who Was Dismissed By I.c.i. Because He Expressed His Fears That Certain Workers Would Be Exposed To The Risk Of Cancer |url=https://www.shutterstock.com/editorial/image-editorial/dr-hubert-bagster-trumper-centre-who-was-dismissed-by-ici-because-he-expressed-his-fears-that-certain-workers-would-be-exposed-to-the-risk-of-cancer-box-552-4720141a |website=Shutterstock |access-date=20 September 2022}}
In 1958, the New York Times called the memoir Gallstones and Ghosts "richly entertaining clinical reminiscences".{{cite news |title=Leaves From a Casebook |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1958/04/20/archives/leaves-from-a-casebook-gallstones-and-ghosts-by-hubert-bagster-176.html |access-date=20 September 2022 |work=New York Times |date=April 20, 1958}}
Publications (as Hubert Bagster)
- Gallstones and Ghosts: The Casebook Of A Country Doctor 1957, Simon and Schuster
- Country Practice 1957, Andre Deutsch
- Doctor's Weekend 1960, Andre Deutsch
References
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Category:20th-century English medical doctors
Category:20th-century British Army personnel
Category:20th-century English memoirists
Category:Royal Army Medical Corps officers
Category:People from Market Rasen