Inspiring Physicians

Welcome to Inspiring Physicians, also known as Munk's Roll, our series of obituaries or biographies of fellows of the Royal College of Physicians, starting from 1518 to the present day.

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Adebayo Babajide Olujohungbe

b.3 June 1963 d.26 May 2013 MB BS Ibadan(1985) Dip haem Lond(1989) MRCPS(1992) MRCP(1992) MRCPath(1998) MD Birm(1999) FRCP(2006) FRCPath(2006)

Adebayo Babajide Olujohunbge, known as ‘Ade’, was an associate professor in the department of internal medicine at the University of...

Muriel Simisola Buxton-Thomas

b.16 May 1945 d.16 October 2016 MB BS Newcastle(1971) MRCP(1974) MSc Lond(1978) FRCP(1989)

Muriel Buxton-Thomas, a consultant at King’s College Hospital, London, was an internationally-recognised physician in nuclear medicine who contributed actively to...

Babatunde Kwaku Adadevoh

b.4 October 1933 d.5 October 1997 MRCS LRCP(1959) MB BS Lond(1959) DTM&H(1961) MRCP(1961) MD Birm(1966) MRCPath(1968) FRCP(1975) FWACP(1976) FRCPath

Babatunde Kwaku Adadevoh was a leading metabolic physician in Nigeria. He was born in Lagos, Nigeria, the second of the...

Oladipo Olujimi Akinkugbe

b.17 July 1933 d.15 June 2020 MB BS Lond(1958) DTM&H Liverp(1960) DPhil Oxon(1964) FRCP(1968) CON(1979) FAS (1980) NNOM(1997) CFR (2004) Hon DSc Ibadan

Oladipo Akinkugbe, often referred to as ‘Prof’ or ‘Baba’ (father), was a distinguished professor of medicine at the University of...

Charles Egerton Denbow

b.30 September 1945 d.10 February 2009 OD(2008) BSc University of the West Indies(1968) MB BS(1971) MRCP(1975) DM(1976) FACC(1983) FACP(1984) FRCP(1987)

Charles Denbow was professor of medicine at the University of the West Indies. He was born in Georgetown, Guyana, the...

Huxley Hubert Mauritz Knox-Macaulay

b.25 August 1935 d.28 September 2016 BA Cantab(1958) MB BChir(1961) DTM&H Liverp(1963) MRCP Edin(1964) MRCP(1964) MD(1973) FWACP(1976) FRCP Edin(1981) FRCP(1982) FACP(1992) FRCPath(1996) b.25 August 1935 d.28 September 2016 BA Cantab(1958) MB BChir(1961) DTM&H Liverp(1963) MRCP Edin(1964) MRCP(1964) MD(1973) FWACP(1976) FRCP Edin(1981) FRCP(1982) FACP(1992) FRCPath(1996)

Huxley Knox-Macaulay was professor and head of the department of haematology, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman. A Sierra Leonean, he was...

Joseph Orleans Mends Pobee

b.26 July 1930 d.10 July 2008 MB BS Lond(1961) MD MRCP(1967) FWACP(1976) FRCP(1977) FRCP Edin

Joseph Orleans Mends Pobee was professor of medicine at the University of Ghana, Accra. Born in the town of Cape...

William George Taylor Annan

b.22 February 1931 d.31 March 2001 MB BS Lond(1960) DT&H(1964) MRCP(1972) FRCP(1988)

George Annan was a consultant physician in geriatric medicine at Blackpool. He was born in Kumasi, Ghana, and went to...

Indexes

Volume I (1518-1700)

Volume II (1701-1800)

Volume III (1801 - 1825)

Volume IV (1826 - 1925)

Volume V (1926 -1965)

Volume VI (1966-1975)

Volume VII (1976-1983)

Volume VIII (1984-1988)

Volume IX (1989-1993)

Volume X (1994-1997)

Volume XI (1998-2004)

Volume XII (2005 onwards)

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