Francis Edgar Stock

CBE The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding valuable service in a wide range of useful activities. It comprises five classes of awards across both civil and military divisions, the most senior two o ...

(5 July 1914 – 26 September 1997) was a British academic and academic administrator. He was educated at Colfe's Grammar School,

King's College London King's College London (informally King's or KCL) is a public university, public research university in London, England. King's was established by royal charter in 1829 under the patronage of George IV of the United Kingdom, King George IV ...

( AKC; Jelf Medal) and the

University of Edinburgh The University of Edinburgh (, ; abbreviated as ''Edin.'' in Post-nominal letters, post-nominals) is a Public university, public research university based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Founded by the City of Edinburgh Council, town council under th ...

.‘STOCK, Prof. Francis Edgar’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2007 He was a lecturer at the

University of Liverpool The University of Liverpool (abbreviated UOL) is a Public university, public research university in Liverpool, England. Founded in 1881 as University College Liverpool, Victoria University (United Kingdom), Victoria University, it received Ro ...

from 1946 to 1948 then Professor of Surgery at the

University of Hong Kong The University of Hong Kong (HKU) is a public research university in Pokfulam, Hong Kong. It was founded in 1887 as the Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese by the London Missionary Society and formally established as the University of ...

from 1948 to 1963. He was Commodore of Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club from 1957 to 1963. He then returned to the

where he was Professor of Surgery from 1964 to 1970. He then served as Vice-Chancellor of the

University of Natal The University of Natal was a university in the former South African province Natal which later became KwaZulu-Natal. The University of Natal no longer exists as a distinct legal entity, as it was incorporated into the University of KwaZulu- ...

from 1970 to 1977. He was made a

in 1977.

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1914 births 1997 deaths People educated at Colfe's School Alumni of King's College London Associates of King's College London Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Academics of the University of Liverpool Academic staff of the University of Hong Kong Commanders of the Order of the British Empire {{Academic-administrator-stub