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Green , John Charles , Leedham- , 1902-1984 , physician
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Dr. Leedham-Green was the eldest son of C.A. Leedham-Green, sometime Professor of Surgery at Birmingham University. He read natural science (chemistry) at Oxford, before going to the Middlesex Hospital where, in 1930, he was awarded the Hetley clinical prize and qualified MRCS,LRCP. He worked at the General Hospital, Birmingham and the North Staffordshire Royal Infirmary, and during the second world war served in the RAMC with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in Scotland and West Africa. After the war he became a general practitioner in Southwold and was a founder member of the Royal College of General Practitioners.