Background
Stroud was born in Splott, Cardiff, on 15 May 1924. His father Frank was a draughtsman and worked with disabled children. His mother Lavinia was a seamstress.
Stroud was born in Splott, Cardiff, on 15 May 1924. His father Frank was a draughtsman and worked with disabled children. His mother Lavinia was a seamstress.
Stroud was educated at Cardiff High School and the Welsh National School of Medicine.
He trained at Church Valley Hospital in the Rhondda, and after National Service, started specialising in paediatrics. He worked at Great Ormond Street Hospital and at Makerere University, Uganda. From 1962, Stroud worked at Kings College Hospital, where he became Professor in 1968.
He presided over the replacement of the Belgrave Hospital for Children by the modern Variety Club Children"s Hospital at King"son
Stroud worked with the Variety Club and the Lyras Foundation to raise funds for paediatric care, and helped set up the Well Child charity and the British Paediatric Surveillance Unit. After retirement, Professor Stroud was made Hans Sloane International Fellow at the Royal College of Physicians of London.