Richard Asher
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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]
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Born | Richard Alan John Asher (1912-04-03)3 April 1912 Brighton, Sussex, England[1] |
Died | 25 April 1969(1969-04-25) (aged 57) |
Occupation | Physician |
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Children | 3, including Peter and Jane |
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