Kenneth Macrae Leighton (1925–1998)
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- 1925
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- 1998-06-19
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- University of Aberdeen
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- Dr. Kenneth Macrae Leighton, former head of anaesthesia at the University of British Columbia Hospital, was born in 1925 in Barbados but grew up and took his medical training in Scotland. He practised medicine in many countries around the world and in a number of communities in British Columbia. In the early 1990's, at age 66, he rowed a hand-built jolllyboat from Vancouver's Jericho Beach up B.C.'s west coast to Prince Rupert. "Oar & Sail" is his account of that trip. Dr. Leighton died in 1998.
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"At 66, Dr. Ken Leighton, former head of anaesthesia at the University of British Columbia Hospital, set off from Vancouver’s Jericho Beach in a custom-built, open rowing boat. Two years and a full logbook later, with calloused hands and a joyful heart, he docked the Morag Anne in Prince Rupert, 500 miles north of his launching point. "
A great travelog for anyone remotely interested in messing about in boats.… (mehr)