Background
Born in England, the son of a Yorkshire general practitioner, he received his Doctor of Medicine from Middlesex Hospital Medical School (now University College Hospital) in London in 1949.
Born in England, the son of a Yorkshire general practitioner, he received his Doctor of Medicine from Middlesex Hospital Medical School (now University College Hospital) in London in 1949.
He was the founding Chair of the Department of Medicine at McMaster Faculty of Health Sciences from 1968 to 1975. He was also the inventor of the Venturi mask. In 1965 he delivered the Goulstonian lectures at the Royal College of Physicians in London.
In 1968, he moved to Canada to become the founding chair of medicine at McMaster University"s new medical school.
There he helped to establish the schools teaching method. His memoirs about his struggle with manic-depression, Not Always on the Level () was published in 1988.
He died in 2004 after a long battle with colon cancer.
While living in Hamilton, Ontario he was an active member of the community and fought for the protection of the bike paths in the city.