1925-
The son of James Hepburn, a physician, Balfour's whole real name is unknown
to me. He received his medical degree from Christ's College, Cambridge, in
1950; and ran a general medical practice in Surrey, England.
1897-1987
Ball qualified in medicine from University College Hospital, London, with
M.R.C.S, L.R.C.P., 1922; MB.Bs (London), 1924. In general practice in the
London area with her husband until his death in 1936, she moved to Guildford
and continued her practice until devoting herself full time to writing in
1954. She was a founding member of the Crime Writers Association, and its
chairman in 1958-59. Only some of her more than forty novels (mainly
detective) are listed below.
1959-
Since receiving his medical degree from the University of Glasgow, Bamforth
has worked as medical/scientific translator; as well as practiced general
medicine in Paris, Bavaria, New South Wales, and Strasbourg:. His interest
in language is wide-ranging: "Next time you have a quiet moment read
someone's medical history: it's nothing more than a target language rendition
of what for a patient may well have been a barely recountable source language
script of threateningly inchoate bodily sensations." (BMJ. 1998;316)
1548-1595
Barahona practiced medicine in Andalusia, and was acquainted with Cervantes.
His poem The Tears of Angelica, is a continuation of an episode
of Ariosto's Orlando Furioso, and was praised by Cervantes in Don
Quixote. Nowhere have I been able to find an English translation
of it.
1922-
In addition to significant non-cardiac research early in his career, Barnard
introduced open-hear surgery to South Africa, and in 1967 performed the first
successful (though short-lived) heart transplant. "...only Barnard dared
to trespass both the mystical barrier and the barrier of immunological
incompatiblility." (Holub M.
The Dimension of the Present Moment and Other Essays. London: Faber and Faber
Limited; 1990) He retired from surgical practice in 1983.
1916-1986
Barnsley graduated M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. from St. George's Hospital, London,
in 1943. His medical practice included general practice in Kent, and part-time
practice at Her Majesty's Prison, Maidstone, from 1952 through 1964. In
1966 he was author-in-residence at Washington State University, where he
eventually became professor of English literature, and retired in1981 as
professor emeritus. In 1964 he was awarded the W.H. Smith Award for
The Birthday King, and in 1967 Gonzaga University conferred upon him
a Doctorate of Literature. His pseudonym, Gabriel Fielding, derives from
his ancestor Henry Fielding.
1872-1956
After receiving his medical degree at Valencia, Baroja practiced medicine
in a small town in the Basque country, but only for about two years before
he turned to writing full time. A member of the Generation of '98, he helped
revitalize the Spanish novel, writing some one hundred books in his lifetime;
and influencing, it is said, Hemingway's style. Only a few of his works are
listed below.
BACKGROUND -
Encyclopedia Birtannica, 15th ed.
FICTION -
The Basque Country Trilogy (1900-1909)
The Struggle for Life Trilogy (1904)
Memories of a Man of Action (20 volumes, 1913-1931)
The Restlessness of Shanti Andia and Other Writings (1959)
1922-
Bates received his M.B. in 1945 and M.D. in 1954 from Cambridge; and has
had an outstanding career in medicine and surgery: professor of medicine
and physiology, and dean of the faculty of medicine at the University
of British Columbia, Vancouver; senior physician at Royal Victoria Hospital,
Montreal; fellow of the Royal College of Physicians; and member of numerous
other medical and scientific societies. A prolific medical writer,
he has published only a small amount of verse, and that hard to come by.
1933-
After receiving his BM, BCh at Guy's Hospital Medical School, 1959; M.R.C.P.,
1982; F.R.C.P., 1988; Bax worked in the Department of Child Health at Guy's
Hospital. He is currently senior lecturer at the Imperial College School
of Medicine in London. In addition to medical writing and editing, he has
been secretary of the Medical Association for Prevention of War, and founded
the literary and artistic magazine Ambit.
1850-1931
Beauchemin was a French-Canadian poet classified as a Quebec regionalist.
He studied medicine at Laval University, receiving his degree in 1874; and
practiced the rest of his life in the small town of Yamachiche, Quebec .Along
with other writers in the 60's, he attempted to produce a national literature.
Unfortunately, I have not been able to locate English translations of his
work.
1803-1849
Beddoes was a writer long before he was a doctor, completing The Bride's
Tragedy while still at Oxford. In 1831 he received (though there
is some debate about that) his medical degree in Wurzburg, Germany. He
apparently practiced for awhile in Zurich, and did consider medical teaching.
Political turmoil caused him to travel much, and he committed suicide
in 1849. Death's Jest Book was published posthumously.