Thom's Irish Who's Who/Wheeler, Sir William Ireland de Courcy

WHEELER, Sir William Ireland de Courcy, Knt. (1919) late Lieut.-Col. R.A.M.C, M.D., F.R.C.S.I.; Pres. Royal College of Surgeons, and Surg. Sect. R. Academy of Medicine; Surgeon Mercer's Hospital; Chairman City of Dublin Nursing Institution, Ltd.; Member of Editorial Staff British Journal of Surgery, also Surg. Gynaecology and Obstetrics, and Medical Annual. Educ.; T.C.D. and Berne; Honours Exper. Science and Prizes, Natural Science, Anatomy; B.A. Medal and Moderatorship; Ex-Pres. and Medallist Dub. Univ. Biological Assocn.; Member of War Office Council Consulting Surgeons, and Advisory Council Artificial limbs (Ministry of Pensions); Med. Referee for Home Office Workmen's Compensation; late Surgeon to Blackrock Orthopaedic Hospital; has written textbook on Oper. Surg., and contributed largely to medical literature; b. Dub., 1879; m. Hon. Elsie, eldest dau. of Rt. Hon. Lord Shaw, of Dunfermline, and has issue one son and one dau. Res.: 33 Upper Fitzwilliam Street, Dublin; and Carrickbyrne, Foxrock, Co. Dublin. Tel.: 2042.