Former consultant cardiologist St Bartholomew's Hospital, London (b London 1927; q King's College Hospital 1951; MD, PhD, FRCP), d 6 November 2003.
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After national service in the Royal Army Medical Corps, John took posts in the United States. He returned to the United Kingdom, and within four years became assistant director of the Institute of Cardiology and assistant physician at the National Heart Hospital. His move to Barts in 1965 brought a new dynamism to research within the department of cardiology. His interests included clinical pharmacology and infectious endocarditis. John had a left hemiplegia in 1973, which did not fully resolve, but he continued working part time in the department of clinical pharmacology for 12 more years. He leaves a wife, Ellen; four children; and seven grandchildren.
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