Richard Gordon (English author)

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Richard Gordon
Doctor series
of novels

Richard Gordon (born Gordon Stanley Benton, 15 September 1921 – 11 August 2017, also known as Gordon Stanley Ostlere),

screenplays for film and television and accounts of popular history, mostly dealing with the practice of medicine. He was best known for a long series of comic novels on a medical theme beginning with Doctor in the House
, and the subsequent film, television, radio and stage adaptations. His The Alarming History of Medicine was published in 1993, and he followed this with The Alarming History of Sex.

Gordon was born in

British Medical Journal. He published several technical books under his own name, including Anaesthetics for Medical Students (1949), later published as Ostlere and Bryce-Smith's Anaesthetics for Medical Students in 1989; Anaesthetics and the Patient (1949), and Trichlorethylene Anaesthesia (1953)[1]
. He left medical practice in 1952, and took up writing full-time. The early
Punch magazine, and published books on medicine, gardening, fishing and cricket
.

The film adaptation of

red book.[citation needed] He later changed his mind and the show was transmitted a week later.[7]

Gordon's wife Mary Ostlere was also a physician, and the couple had four children. He died on 11 August 2017.[8][7]

Partial bibliography

  • Doctor in the House. London: Joseph, 1952
  • Doctor at Sea. London: Joseph, 1953
  • The Captain's Table. London: Joseph, 1954
  • Doctor at Large. London: Joseph, 1955
  • Doctor in Love. London. Joseph, 1957
  • Doctor and Son. London: Joseph, 1959
  • Doctor in Clover. London: Joseph, 1960
  • Doctor on Toast. London: Joseph, 1961
  • Doctor in the Swim. London: Joseph, 1962
  • The Summer of Sir Lancelot. Heinemann, 1963
  • Love and Sir Lancelot. Heinemann, 1965
  • Doctor on the Boil. Heinemann, 1970
  • Doctor on the Brain. Heinemann, 1972
  • Doctor in the Nude. Heinemann, 1973
  • Doctor on the Job. Heinemann, 1976
  • Doctor in the Nest. Heinemann, 1979
  • Doctors' Daughters. Heinemann, 1981
  • Doctor on the Ball. Hutchinson, 1985
  • Doctor in the Soup. Century, 1986
  • The Last of Sir Lancelot. Hale, 1999
  • Nuts in May. Heinemann, 1964
  • The Facemaker. Heinemann, 1967
  • Surgeon at Arms. Heinemann, 1968
  • The Facts of Life. Heinemann, 1969
  • The Medical Witness. Heinemann, 1971
  • The Sleep of Life. Heinemann, 1975
  • The Invisible Victory. Heinemann, 1977
  • The Private Life of Florence Nightingale. Heinemann, 1978
  • The Private Life of Jack the Ripper. Heinemann, 1980
  • The Private Life of Doctor Crippen. Heinemann, 1981
  • Dr. Gordon's Casebook (diary). Severn House, 1982
    ISBN 0727808389
  • Great Medical Disasters, Hutchinson, 1983
    ISBN 0091522307
  • Great Medical Mysteries. Hutchinson, 1984
    ISBN 0091556600
  • The Bulldog and the Bear: A Play in Two Acts. Samuel French, 1984
    ISBN 0573619085
  • The Alarming History of Medicine, Sinclair-Stevenson, 1993
    ISBN 1856192229
  • The Literary Companion to Medicine: An Anthology of Prose and Poetry, Sinclair-Stevenson, 1993
    ISBN 1856193357
  • An Alarming History of Famous and Difficult Patients. St. Martin's Press, 1997
    ISBN 0312150482

References

  1. ^
    S2CID 220091708
    .
  2. ^ "BFI Screenonline: Doctor in the House (1954)". screenonline.org.uk.
  3. ^ "Doctor in the House (1954)". BFI. Archived from the original on 12 May 2016.
  4. ^ "Doctor at Sea (1955)". BFI. Archived from the original on 20 June 2017.
  5. ^ "BFI Screenonline: Bogarde, Dirk (1921-1999) Biography". screenonline.org.uk.
  6. ^ Guide, British Comedy. "Doctor in the House - ITV Sitcom". British Comedy Guide.
  7. ^ a b "Doctor in the House author dies aged 95". BBC News. 14 August 2017 – via bbc.com.
  8. ^ Campbell, Lisa (14 August 2017). "Novelist Richard Gordon dies aged 95". The Bookseller. Retrieved 14 August 2017.

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