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Robert Cooper Parke
Fellow
Date of admission as Member: 1/February/1876
Date of Fellowship admission: 6/November/1883
Robert Cooper Parke trained at Queen's College Belfast and became a Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh in 1868, a Member in 1876, and a Fellow in 1883. He spent his career in Newtownards, County Down, serving as Medical Officer to the local workhouse, Consulting Medical Officer of Health to the Poor Law Union, and Coroner for the North Division of County Down. He died in 1912 after a prolonged illness.
Year of medical qualification
1868
Type of medical qualification
Licentiate Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
Fellowship
The main qualification issued by the College, awarded regularly since the College’s foundation. This qualification was granted based on demonstrated breadth of experience and did not require an individual to pass a certain examination.