Taylor Edward Ernest Thurlow

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geboren in Bolton (Großbritannien)
gestorben in Northampton (Großbritannien)

Quelle: Alpine Journal Volume 78, 1973, Seite 293 f

Biografie:
Edward Ernest Thurlow Taylor 1910-1971
Edward Taylor, member of this Club since 1965, a consultant surgeon at Northampton General Hospital, died suddenly on 9 September 1971, at the age of 61. His death was quite unexpected and, in fact, three days before he had been arranging a party to go to Wales the following weekend. Taylor was born on 3 February 1910, in Bolton, and was educated at Cheltenham College and Balliol College, Oxford, where he read Law. Subsequently he spent some years as an accountant, and also worked in Nyasaland in the Colonial Service.
He then decided to study medicine and went to St Thomas's Hospital Medical School whence he qualified, MRCS, LRCP, in 1940, and graduated BM, BCh, Oxon, the following year. A distinguished medical career followed which resulted in him being made a Fellow of the British Medical Association, and being President elect of the Northampton Medical Society at the time of his death. He played a major part in the planning and organisation of the Cripps Postgraduate Medical Centre in Northampton.
His integrity and principles made him an excellent committee man of great determination. This was also expressed in his main recreational activities-in his earlier years a keen rugby player, a county squash player and no mean performer on the tennis court.
However, he became aware, in about the mid 1950s that it was possible to get to Derbyshire and possibly with slightly more difficulty to Snowdonia in the day, from Northampton, and joined the writer in many expeditions, leaving at sam on a Sunday morning and returning before midnight on the same day. .A small group of enthusiasts combined to make these expeditions possible, a fast car being an essential, and his Jaguar became a regular conveyor for members {If both this Club and of others on these trips to the hills. He became a great enthusiast both for rock and snow mountaineering and also developed into a very determined fell walker. His determination led in two directions. Firstly, to rock climbing of very high standard, so much so that he- outgrew all his local friends and towards the end of his life was tending to climb with professional guides, achieving a very high standard in this field. As far as fell walking was concerned this ultimately developed into pitting himself against the clock .and on several occasions-the last in 1969, he did all the Welsh three thousanders -in 24 hours. Doing them during the hours of daylight was just not good enough for Ted; he insisted on starting at midnight 'from one end, and finishing before midnight at the other. Having accomplished this he turned his attention to the Lake District and did the four three thousanders there in the same period of time. He also did the Lyke Wake walk and other long and recognised expeditions of this type.
Be first visited the high Alps in 1961, going there first with a party from the hospital which joined the ABMSAC Meet at Kandersteg. He was an enthusiastic member of the latter organisation and climbed several times at meets arranged by this association. He visited various Alpine centres, notably in 1963, where he included in his bag within four days, both the Dent Blanche and the Matterhorn. We felt it was an unusual occasion for two members of the surgical consultant staff of a provincial hospital to stand together on the summit of the Dent Blanche during this holiday. He then graduated to the Dolomites and his last climbing seasons were spent there.
His attainments qualified him (1965) to join this Club, and no one could be more proud of their membership than he was. He had a holiday villa in Spain and often made lone expeditions into the Sierra Nevada; latterly he turned his attention to orienteering and entered several events.
He is sadly missed, not only by his patients, but by his very many friends and colleagues in Northamptonshire. He leaves a wife, a son and a daughter, herself a doctor, and two grandchildren.
D. G. Lambley
Quelle: Alpine Journal Volume 78, 1973, Seite 293-294

Geboren am:
03.02.1910
Gestorben am:
09.09.1971