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Tony Mitchell (physician)

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John Richard Anthony Mitchell
Professor
Born(1928-10-24)October 24, 1928
Shipley, Yorkshire, United Kingdom
DiedMarch 22, 1991(1991-03-22) (aged 62)
Cornwall, England, United Kingdom
NationalityBritish
SpouseMuriel Joyce Mitchell
Children4
AwardsMoxon Medal
Academic background
EducationBSc, MB ChB, DPhil, MA, MD
Alma materOxford University
Doctoral advisorGwyn Macfarlane
Academic work
DisciplineMedicine
InstitutionsNottingham medical school

John Richard Anthony Mitchell FRCP (24 October 1928 – 22 March 1991) was a prominent British physician and medical academic.[1]

Early life and education

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Mitchell was born in the Yorkshire town of Shipley. His father, Richard Newton Mitchell, worked as a bank teller and his mother, Elizabeth (née Bell), was the daughter of dock foreman John William Bell.[1]

He attended Morecambe Grammar School before studying physiology at the University of Manchester, where he graduated with a first-class degree with honours. He completed his clinical training at Manchester Royal Infirmary.[1]

He served as a medical specialist in the Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) during his mandatory National Service from 1955 to 1957.[1]

Academic career

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Mitchell worked as a registrar for Sir George Pickering at Oxford before obtaining an MRC research fellowship and completing a DPhil under the guidance of Gwyn Macfarlane.[1]

When the Nottingham Medical School was founded in 1968, he was the first clinical professor.[2] He was instrumental in the designing and commissioning of Nottingham's teaching hospital, the Queen's Medical Centre.[1]

Mitchell made significant contributions to the fields of cardiovascular disease, thrombosis, epidemiology, clinical trials, and stroke research. In 1990, he was awarded the Moxon Medal by the Royal College of Physicians.[1]

Personal life

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In 1954, Mitchell married Muriel Joyce, daughter of John Knight Gibbon, a marine engineer, and they had two sons and two daughters.[1]

Mitchell retired early due to his scepticism over NHS reforms and changes to universities.[2] He died suddenly and unexpectedly while on a camping trip to Cornwall in 1991.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "John Richard Anthony Mitchell". Retrieved 4 November 2023.
  2. ^ a b "J R A Mitchell". British Medical Journal. 302: 843. 6 April 1991. Retrieved 4 November 2023.