David Morrell (doctor)
David Cameron Morrell FRCGP OBE (6 November 1929–19 March 2012) was a medical doctor, primary care pioneer and former president of the British Medical Association (BMA). He was the first academic general practitioner to become president of the BMA.
Early life
[edit]Morrell was born on 6 November 1929 in Wimbledon, London, England. He studied at St Mary's Hospital Medical School and qualified in 1953.[1]
Medical career
[edit]Morrell worked for five years in health service practice in Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire. In 1962 he moved to the university department of general practice in Edinburgh in West Richmond Street.[1] In 1967 he moved to St Thomas's Hospital Medical School and was appointed Wolfson Professor of General Practice in 1974.[1] He authored a book, the Art of General Practice, published in 1991.[2]
He retired from clinical practice in 1993 and was elected as BMA president in 1994.
Awards and honours
[edit]Morrell was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1982 Birthday Honours.[3]: b11 He received a Papal Knighthood the same year.[1]
He died on 19 March 2012.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e Jones, Roger (12 May 2012). "Obituaries" (PDF). BMJ. 344: e3227. doi:10.1136/bmj.e3227. S2CID 220116433.
- ^ "13 - Dr David Morrell". Pulse. 16 March 2010. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
- ^ "O.B.E. To be Ordinary Officers of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order" (PDF). Supplement to the London Gazette. 12 June 1982.