Autor/-in: John A. T. Duncan

Born into a family of potters in Stoke on Trent, he served in an industrial sandwich course apprenticeship, followed by several years managing a factory. The Suez crisis forced it to close. He took up medical studies in response to a challenge and to prove his own ability to make his way without his father's help. Edinburgh Medical School was the world's best in 1957: if he made it there it would be a real triumph.