Richard Asher

Richard Asher
FRCP
Born
Richard Alan John Asher

(1912-04-03)3 April 1912
Brighton, Sussex, England[1]
Died25 April 1969(1969-04-25) (aged 57)
London, England[2]
OccupationPhysician
Spouse
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(m. 1943)​
Children3, including Peter and Jane

Richard Alan John Asher FRCP (3 April 1912 – 25 April 1969) was an eminent British endocrinologist and haematologist.[3] As the senior physician responsible for the mental observation ward at the Central Middlesex Hospital[4] he described and named Munchausen syndrome in a 1951 article in The Lancet.[5]

  1. ^ GRO Register of Births: JUN 1912 2b 394 BRIGHTON - Richard Asher, mmn = Stern
  2. ^ GRO Register of Deaths: JUN 1969 5d 1959 ST MARYLEBONE - Richard Asher, DoB = 3 Apr 1912
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Rowat2001 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Anonymous (10 May 1969). "R. A. J. Asher (Obituary notice)". British Medical Journal. 2 (5653): 388. doi:10.1136/bmj.2.665.388. PMC 1983233.
  5. ^ Asher R (1951). "Munchausen's syndrome". Lancet. 1 (6650): 339–41. doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(51)92313-6. PMID 14805062.