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Miriam Hogg
OBE
Stoppard and her former husband Tom, circa 1985
Born
Miriam Stern

(1937-05-12) 12 May 1937 (age 87)
Newcastle upon Tyne
, England
Other namesMiriam Stoppard
Occupation(s)Journalist, presenter, author, medical doctor
Years active1971–present
Spouses
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(m. 1972; div. 1992)​
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(m. 1997; died 2021)​
Children2, including Ed Stoppard
RelativesOona King, Baroness King of Bow (niece)
Preston King (brother-in-law)
Ted Graham, Baron Graham of Edmonton (first cousin)
Websitemiriamstoppard.com

Miriam, Lady Hogg

OBE (née
Stern; formerly Stoppard; born 12 May 1937), known professionally by her former married name Miriam Stoppard, is an English medical doctor, journalist, author and television presenter.

Early life and medical career

Miriam Stern was born in

Orthodox Jewish.[1] Her father was born Jewish and her mother converted to Judaism.[2]

Stern grew up on a

dressmaker who taught Miriam how to make her own clothing, and from an early age she bought remnants of cloth with her pocket-money. Up until her teens, she fashioned her own designs, complemented with cheap and improvised accessories.[3]

As a teenager she attended school on a

King's College, Durham (which became Newcastle University
in 1963).

Career

After qualifying as a doctor, Stoppard worked at the Newcastle's

pharmaceutical industry for Syntex. She became well known during the 1970s and 1980s as a television presenter on scientific and medical programmes such as Don't Ask Me and Where There's Life.[4]

Stoppard has written several books about health, including the Children's Medical Handbook, but particularly on the subject of women's health. She writes on health issues and acts as an agony aunt for the Daily Mirror, having previously answered readers' letters for TV Times magazine.[citation needed] Her company, Miriam Stoppard Lifetime, sells her books and health products.

Stoppard was appointed

Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2010 New Year Honours for services to healthcare and charity.[5]

In August 2012, writing in the Daily Mirror, Stoppard supported UCL's Institute of Child Health research[6] which suggested reviewing the recommendation of exclusive breastfeeding until six months, adding that the appearance of teeth should signal the end of breastfeeding.[7] She was named Journalist of the Year at the Stonewall Awards[8] on 6 November of that year.

Family

From 1972 to 1992 Stoppard was married to the playwright Tom Stoppard, with whom she had two sons. One of their sons is the actor Ed Stoppard. She married the industrialist Sir Christopher Hogg in 1997, and was married to him until his death in 2021. She has two stepdaughters from her second husband's first marriage.

Former

MP Oona King is Stoppard's niece; she is the daughter of Preston King and Miriam's sister, Murreil Hazel Stern. Her first cousin is politician Ted Graham, Baron Graham of Edmonton.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Parenting" – Life & Style Home. The Sydney Morning Herald. (22 November 2006).
  2. ^ a b "How is it for you?". Thejc.com. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
  3. ^ a b Sunday Express magazine supplement 23 October 2011, p. 55, accessed 8 January 2015.
  4. IMDb
  5. ^ "No. 59282". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2009. p. 12.
  6. ^ Is 'breast only' for first six months best? Archived 4 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Ucl.ac.uk (14 January 2011).
  7. ^ Dr Miriam Stoppard column When should you stop breast-feeding?. Daily Mirror (14 August 2012).
  8. ^ Stonewall Awards 2008. Stonewall.org.uk (27 March 2009).

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