Ray Farquharson

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Ray Fletcher Farquharson

Claude, Ontario, Canada
Died1 June 1965(1965-06-01) (aged 67)
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Alma materUniversity of Toronto

Ray Fletcher Farquharson

Claude, Ontario, he attended and taught at the University of Toronto for most of his life, and was trained and employed at Toronto General Hospital. With co-researcher Arthur Squires, Farquharson was responsible for the discovery of the Farquharson phenomenon, an important principle of endocrinology
, which is that administering external hormones suppresses the natural production of that hormone.

He served in the

Member of the Order of the British Empire for his medical work during the latter. He chaired the Penicillin Committee of Canada and served as a medical consultant for the Royal Canadian Air Force. He was awarded the Queen's Coronation Medal in 1953 for his work for the Defence Review Board. Farquharson was also a charter member of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada
.

Farquharson was heavily involved in Canadian medical research and education. As a member of the

Medical Research Council of Canada, of which he was the first president. He received numerous honorary degrees from Canadian universities, and served on the first Board of Governors of York University. He died in 1965, leaving a wife and two daughters. Farquharson was posthumously inducted into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame
in 1998.

Early life and education

photo of a young man cooking outdoors
Farquharson as a young man

Farquharson was born in

Presbyterian minister, and Annie McDonald Coutts.[1][2] His brother Charles also became a doctor, while another brother, Robert, became the managing editor for The Globe and Mail and was later an advisor at the Canadian Embassy to the United States.[2][3] "Farquy", as he was nicknamed by friends,[3] received his early education at Durham and graduated from Harbord Collegiate Institute in Toronto.[2][4] He briefly attended the University of Toronto's medical school before being drafted into the Canadian Army on 15 May 1918, serving in the Canadian Field Artillery (67th Battery) as a gunner. He did not serve overseas, and was recalled from the military to complete his schooling, graduating in 1922.[2][5][6] He underwent post-graduate study in various fields from 1922 until 1927[7] while serving as an intern and resident at Toronto General Hospital under Duncan Archibald Graham.[8]

Farquharson was awarded research fellowships at

hematologist, and Catherine Jane.[1][12][13]

Career

In addition to teaching at the University of Toronto, Farquharson established a private practice as a medical consultant, gaining a reputation as a "doctor's doctor" for his treatment of other physicians.

court martial trials.[16]

Portrait of Farquharson in uniform
Ray Fletcher Farquharson during the Second World War

On 25 August 1943, Farquharson enlisted in the

Member of the Order of the British Empire in January 1946.[19] His brother Charles also served in both world wars.[22]

Farquharson was the director of medicine for Toronto veterans' hospitals from 1945 to 1947, and at the same time served as president of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.

Queen's Coronation Medal in 1953.[19]

Through his research in

Simmond's disease.[9][28] As an educator and researcher, he was an early promoter of laboratory testing in the evaluation of illness; he was known for advocating both this and awareness of potential psychological issues in patients.[2]

Farquharson became a member of the

Can$4 million in 1963 to $9 million by 1965.[34]

Farquharson became the Regent of the American College of Physicians in 1958 after having spent three years as the organization's Ontario representative. He joined the first Board of Governors of York University in 1959, and was a member of the University of Toronto Senate in the same year.[2][7] He was named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1960.[35] He was also a member of a number of medical organizations in both Canada and the US,[36] and chairman or board member for some 20 medical research groups.[2]

Retirement and legacy

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Farquharson Life Sciences Building, York University, Toronto

In 1960, having reached the University of Toronto's compulsory retirement age,[2] Farquharson left the university and the hospital. In recognition of his work for Toronto General Hospital, the twelve-bed Clinical Investigation Unit was named after him in 1961, and the Farquharson Foundation was established to support research conducted by the university's teaching hospitals.[7][37] Also in 1961, Farquharson visited India, later remarking on the societal respect for doctors there.[38] He also continued to advocate for support for universities.[39]

Farquharson won the

University of Montreal in 1965.[2] He was named an honorary member of the Ontario Medical Association.[3] He was also appointed a Knight of the Military and Hospitaller Order of St Lazarus of Jerusalem and an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine in London.[2][46]

Farquharson died on 1 June 1965 at Ottawa Civic Hospital at age 68 after suffering a heart attack.[3][47] He had been in Ottawa to attend a meeting of the Medical Research Council.[2] The University of Toronto held a memorial service commemorating his contributions to the school and the medical community.[48]

The Farquharson Life Sciences Building, the first science building at York University, was renamed in honour of Farquharson.[48] A biography of Farquharson was planned, but was never completed.[49][50] The Ray F. Farquharson Memorial Lecture was established in his memory; the first such lecture was delivered by John Eager Howard of Johns Hopkins University in 1968 on the topic of calcium metabolism.[51] He was posthumously inducted into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame in 1998 alongside such notable figures as Tommy Douglas, Norman Bethune and Roberta Bondar.[52][53]

Farquharson was credited by Professor William Goldberg of

anti-Semitism.[55] He is considered one of the "Fathers of Canadian Medicine" in both medical research and education.[7] According to one memorial, "no Canadian since Sir William Osler has left as great an imprint upon the practice of Medicine".[13]

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