John Ranking, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

John Ranking

British rower

Date of Birth: 03-Jul-1910

Place of Birth: Holborn, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 09-Nov-1959

Profession: military physician, rower

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About John Ranking

  • John Maurice Ranking (3 July 1910 – 9 November 1959) was an English rower who competed at the 1932 Summer Olympics. Ranking was born at Holborn, London, the son of Dr.
  • R.
  • M.
  • Ranking.
  • He was educated at Cheltenham College where he was cox of the Cheltenham boat and at Pembroke College, Cambridge.
  • In 1931 he was cox of the winning Cambridge boat in the Boat Race.
  • He coxed the winning Cambridge boat in the Boat Race again in 1932.
  • The 1932 crew won the Grand Challenge Cup at Henley, rowing as Leander Club.
  • They were subsequently chosen to represent Great Britain at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, where they came fourth in the eights.Ranking took his B.A.
  • in the Natural Sciences Tripos in 1932 and completed his medical training at St Thomas's Hospital.
  • He qualified by taking the London Conjoint diploma in 1936 and in the following year he obtained the degrees of M.B.
  • and B.Chir.
  • In 1938 was admitted a MRCP.
  • After qualifying, he held a number of house appointments at St.
  • Thomas's Hospital, and was also house-physician at the Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children.During the Second World War Ranking served in the R.A.M.C., with the rank of temporary major. In 1948 Ranking became a consultant in general medicine at the Kent and Sussex Hospital, Tunbridge Wells and retained the post until his death.
  • His expertise and skill was often publicly acknowledged.
  • He maintained his interest in rowing and was a member of the Leander Club till his death.In 1946 Ranking married Miss Patricia McLeod.

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