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Dr. Richard Michael Joseph Harper, MA, DM

Male 1903 - 1975  (71 years)


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  • Name Richard Michael Joseph Harper 
    Title Dr. 
    Suffix MA, DM 
    Birth 29 Sep 1903  Barnstaple, Devon Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Baptism 7 Nov 1903  Barnstaple, Devon Find all individuals with events at this location 
    St Mary Magdalen 
    Occupation Doctor, probably the late doctor R M J Harper, previously physician at the North Devon Infimary,refereed to in BMJ 1976 1, history of SW branch of BMA 
    Residence 2 Apr 1911  Barnstaple, Devon Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1931  Barnstaple, Devon Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 16 Sep 1975  Barnstaple, Devon Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Educated at Marlborough College, 1916-21, Exeter College, Oxford, 1921-25, St. Thomas's Hospital, London, 1925-30.

      M.R.C.S. Eng. and L.R.C.P. London 1928. Physician N. Devon Infirmary 1932-72. Published 1962 Evolution of Illness and in 1975 Evolutionary Origins of Disease. Portrait by Vera Justice, presented by Colleagues at the N. Devon Infirmary on his retirement 1972. Last in possession of his widow.

      2 sons and 1 daughter: John Richard Harper, F.R.C.P., born 1 May 1932, Consultant Children's Physician, Northampton Hospital (1979); Peter Stanley Harper, D.M., Oxon., F.R.C.P., London Reader and Consultant in Medical Genetics at Welsh National School of Medicine, Cardiff (born 25 April 1938) and Joy Cadbury (nee Harper) born 15 July 1933.
    Person ID I2730  Gibbs Family Tree
    Last Modified 13 Jan 2018 

    Father Dr. John Robinson Harper, CBE, TD, JP,   b. 7 Nov 1867, Barnstaple, Devon Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Apr 1947, Pilton Cottage, Barnstaple, Devon Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years) 
    Mother Evelina Antonia Hermenegilda Gibbs,   b. 28 Feb 1871, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Apr 1960, Barnstaple, Devon Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years) 
    Marriage 10 Jun 1897  Sonning, Berkshire Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1200  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Margery Elizabeth Elkington,   b. 25 Oct 1902, Newport, Shropshire Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Nov 2002, Barnstaple, Devon Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 100 years) 
    Marriage 27 Jun 1931  Newport, Shropshire Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. John Richard Harper
     2. Peter Stanley Harper
     3. Joy Harper
    Family ID F1202  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 9 Jul 2017 

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    Link to Google MapsBirth - 29 Sep 1903 - Barnstaple, Devon Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBaptism - St Mary Magdalen - 7 Nov 1903 - Barnstaple, Devon Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 2 Apr 1911 - Barnstaple, Devon Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1931 - Barnstaple, Devon Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 27 Jun 1931 - Newport, Shropshire Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 16 Sep 1975 - Barnstaple, Devon Link to Google Earth
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