John Russell Ledsome

Background

Ledsome, John Russell was born on June 18, 1932 in Cheshire, England. Son of Joseph William and Clare Elizabeth (Ashurst) Ledsome.

Education

Bachelor of Medicine Bachelor of Surgery, U. Edinburgh, 1955; Doctor of Medicine, University Edinburgh, 1962; Doctor of Science, U. Edinburgh, 1989.

Career

House officer, Leicester (England) Royal Infirmary, 1955-1956; with department physiology, U. Leeds, England, 1959-1968; member of faculty medicine department physiology, U. B.C., Vancouver, since 1968.

Achievements

• John Russell Ledsome has been listed as a noteworthy Physician, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served with Royal Navy, 1956-1959. Member Physiological Society (London), Canada, American physiological societies.

Connections

Married Susan Allsop, July 20, 1957. Children: Henry John, Mark, Sarah Elizabeth.

Father:

Joseph William Ledsome

Mother:

Clare Elizabeth (Ashurst) Ledsome

Spouse:

Susan Allsop

child:

Henry John Ledsome

child:

Mark Ledsome

child:

Sarah Elizabeth Ledsome