Background
Wilkinson, Darrell Sheldon was born on August 7, 1919 in Gillingham, Kent, England. Son of Edgar Sheldon and Muriel Kathleen (Edgar) Wilkinson.
Wilkinson, Darrell Sheldon was born on August 7, 1919 in Gillingham, Kent, England. Son of Edgar Sheldon and Muriel Kathleen (Edgar) Wilkinson.
Bachelor, Epsom College, 1937. Membership of the Royal College of Surgeons, St. Thomas' Hospital Medical School, London, 1942. Labrador Retriever Club of the Potomac, St. Thomas' Hospital Medical School, 1942.
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, St. Thomas' Hospital Medical School, 1946. Doctor of Medicine, St. Thomas' Hospital Medical School, 1947. Membership of the Royal College of Physicians, St. Thomas' Hospital Medical School, 1947.
Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, St. Thomas' Hospital Medical School, 1964.
House physician, casualty officer, St. Thomas' Hospital, London, 1942; supernumerary registrar dermatology, St. Thomas' Hospital, London, 1947-1949; senior part-time registrar, St. Thomas' Hospital, London, 1949-1957; consultant dermatologist, St. Peter's Hospital, Chertsey, Surrey, England, 1948-1959; consultant dermatologist, Aylesbury & High Wycoobe Hospitals, Buckinghamshire, England, 1949-1983; consultant venereologist, Aylesbury & High Wycoobe Hospitals, Buckinghamshire, England, 1950-1971; private practice, Chiltern Hospital, 1983-1993; retired, 1996.
Surgical lieutenant Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, 1942-1946. Member of International Contact Dermatitis Research Group, International League Dermatological Societies (committees 1978-1986, Bronz medal 1997), Chiltern Medical Society (co-founder, past president), St. John's Hospital Dermatological Society (president 1966-1967, Prosser-White orator 1984), British Association Dermatologists (president 1983, Sir Archibald Gray gold medal 1986), Royal Society Medicine (fellow, honorary member council 1982-1988), Dowling Club (founder).
Married Joan Barbara Saunders, August 11, 1945. Children: John Darrell, Peter David, Julia Therese.