Zachary Cope [SEP] date of death
Zachary Cope
Sir Vincent Zachary Cope MD MS FRCS (14 February 1881 – 28 December 1974) was an English physician, surgeon, author, historian and poet perhaps best known for authoring the book "Cope's Early Diagnosis of the Acute Abdomen" from 1921 until 1971. The work remains a respected and standard text of general surgery, and new editions continue being published by editors long after his death, the most recent one being the 22nd edition, published in 2010.
Cope also wrote widely on the history of
dying very young. He married Alice Mary Watts in 1923 and had a daughter.
Cope lived near Hampstead Heath until the death of Alice in 1944 after which he moved to Chiltern Court, Baker Street. He is remembered to spend much time in the library of the RSM after retirement.
Legacy.
St Mary's Hospital, London has a ward named after Cope.
The Royal college of surgeons pays tribute to Cope with the Zachary Cope Memorial Lecture in abdominal surgical disease.