Background
O'Brien, John Richard was born on November 6, 1915 in London. Son of Richard Alfred and Norah (McKay) O'B.
researcher hematology consultant
O'Brien, John Richard was born on November 6, 1915 in London. Son of Richard Alfred and Norah (McKay) O'B.
Bachelor of Medicine, BCh, Bachelor, Oxford (England) University, 1940. Master of Arts, Oxford (England) University, 1947. DM, Oxon (England) University, 1950.
House physician, St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London, 1940-1941; graduate assistant, Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, 1941-1945; consultant pathologist, South Devon East Cornwall Hospital, Devon, England, 1945-1951; consultant hematologist, St. Mary's Hospital, Portsmouth, England, 1951-1981; honorary consultant research, St. Mary's Hospital, Portsmouth, since 1981. Lecturer in field.
Fellow Royal College Pathology, Royal College Physicians. Member British Society Hemostasis and Thrombosis (honorary), International Society Hemostasis and Thrombosis.
Married Sybil Margaret (Boyes) Stewart, June 6, 1940 (divorced 1951). Children: Carol, Jane, Rosalind. Married Marie Vollam Morton, 1954 (separated).
Children: Mark, Kate.