David Douglas French

General practitioner Kidsgrove, Staffordshire (b Newcastle upon Tyne 1936; q Guy's Hospital, London, 1962; DObst RCOG), d 1 February 2003.​2003. Figure 1 He was a principal in general practice in Westbury, Wiltshire, from 1965 to 1970 and in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, from 1970 to 1979. In Canada he trained as a pilot. He returned to England in 1979 and joined his father's practice in Kidsgrove. David was a man of many interests—a great lover of books, photography, music, the theatre, and astronomy. He had a humorous sense of the absurd that never diminished despite severe arthritis. He leaves a wife, Josephine; four children; and two grandchildren.