2021/02/05 by David V. Milford, Martin White · 1 citation
Medicine · Health Professions · #Neonatal Health and Biochemistry #Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare #Pediatric Urology and Nephrology Studies
paper · doi:10.1136/bmj.n320
openalex publication_date 2021/02/05 · openalex created_date 2021/02/15 · openalex updated_date 2026/06/11
Richard H R White (“Dick”) was born on 6 November 1926 in Newcastle-under-Lyme. He graduated after preclinical studies at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and clinical practice at Guy’s Hospital, London and went on to become one of the first paediatricians in the UK to specialise in nephrology. His first paediatric post was in Bath, and he subsequently worked at the Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street, London, and the Evelina Hospital, London. It was at Great Ormond Street Hospital that Richard began his interest in histology, first undertaking liver biopsies and then, after having observed Hugh de Wardener perform renal biopsies in adults, pioneered renal biopsies in children, initially under general anaesthetic using a needle modified to his own design. From July 1960 to September 1962, Richard was a paediatrician at Mulago Hospital, Kampala, where he continued with his renal interest and further developed the technique of renal biopsy. He subsequently promoted renal biopsy under sedation and local anaesthetic and published his experience in the Lancet , Archives of Disease in Childhood , and Paediatric Nephrology . On his return to the Evelina Hospital in 1962 he participated in a study of nephrotic syndrome in the South Thames area that required him to travel to district general hospitals to …