Dr John Roger Jordin Beddard
24/12/1904 - 03/04/1978
Place of birth: Highley, Bridgenorth, Shropshire
Nationality: British
CRN: 722626
Education and qualifications
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General education |
Cheltenham |
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Primary medical qualification(s) |
MRCS LRCP, 1929 |
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Initial Fellowship and type |
FFARCS by Election |
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Year of Fellowship |
1953 |
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Other qualification(s) |
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Professional life and career
Postgraduate career
After house appointments at Bart’s and Horton General Hospital Beddard worked briefly in GP in Linconlshire
Professional interests and activities
A founder member, and early president, of the Society of Anaesthetists of the South-Western Region he used his experience of nerve blocks in the management of chronic and terminal pain. Subsequently he was primarily responsible for the opening of the Nuffield
Other biographical information
A large and gentle man he was known for his kindness to patients. Hobbies included photography, fishing, wine-making, electronics and playing the clarinet. He married Betty Lisa Isabelle May Welham and they had two sons, one of whom (John) also became a consultant anaesthetist.
Author and Sources
Author: Dr Robert Palmer & Prof Tony Wildsmith
Sources and any other comments: Obituary. BMJ 1978; 1: 1149 | Ancestry.co.uk | Dr John Beddard (son) and Alison Horner (granddaughter) who also supplied the photograph