| Full name | Frank Percival Montgomery | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1892-06-10)10 June 1892 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Belfast, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 11 August 1972(1972-08-11) (aged 80) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Belfast, Northern Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
| School | Campbell College | ||||||||||||||||
| University | Queen's University Belfast University of Cambridge | ||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Radiologist | ||||||||||||||||
| Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||
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Sir Frank Percival Montgomery (10 June 1892 — 11 August 1972) was a radiologist from Northern Ireland and an Ireland international rugby union player.
Biography
Raised in Belfast, Montgomery was the son of Presbyterian clergyman Henry Montgomery, the founder of the Shankill Road Mission who served as moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland. He attended Campbell College and Queen's University Belfast. A fullback, Montgomery was a varsity rugby player, capped three times for Ireland during the 1914 Five Nations.
Montgomery received a commission in the Royal Army Medical Corps after qualifying as a doctor in 1915. Serving on the Western Front, Montgomery was awarded a Military Cross and Croix de Guerre (with bar).
After further studies at the University of Cambridge, Montgomery became a pioneering radiologist. He was the first person to introduce radium into Northern Ireland. In 1948, Montgomery was appointed chairman of the Northern Ireland Hospitals Authority. He was knighted in 1953 for his contribution to medicine. From 1956 to 1967, Montgomery served as pro-chancellor of Queen's University.
See also
References
- "Sir Frank Montgomery". Belfast News-Letter. 14 August 1972.
- ^ Coleman, Marie. "Montgomery, Sir Frank Percival ('Monty')". Dictionary of Irish Biography.
- "RAMC: Royal Army Medical Corps WW1". www.ramc-ww1.com.
- "Sir Frank honoured at Queen's". Belfast News-Letter. 6 March 1968.
- "Former Hospital Chiefs Dies At 80". Belfast Telegraph. 12 August 1972.
- "Knighthood". Ballymena Weekly Telegraph. 2 January 1953.
External links
- Frank Montgomery at ESPNscrum
- 1892 births
- 1972 deaths
- Irish rugby union players
- Ireland international rugby union players
- Rugby union players from Belfast
- Rugby union fullbacks
- Queen's University RFC players
- Royal Army Medical Corps officers
- British Army personnel of World War I
- Recipients of the Military Cross
- Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1914–1918 (France)
- People educated at Campbell College
- Alumni of Queen's University Belfast
- Alumni of the University of Cambridge
- Radiologists from Northern Ireland
- Academics of Queen's University Belfast