Rickard William Lloyd
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Rickard William Lloyd MRCS LRCPEd | |
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| Born | 17 March 1859 |
| Died | 24 April 1933 (aged 74) Kensington, London, England |
| Education | Bedford Modern School |
| Alma mater | St Bartholomew's Hospital |
| Occupation | Consulting Anaesthetist |
| Known for | Anaesthetist Author |
Rickard William Lloyd MRCS LRCPEd (17 March 1859 – 24 April 1933) was a Consulting Anaesthetist and author.[1][2]
Lloyd was born in Gibraltar[3] on 17 March 1859, the son of Major Edward Lloyd and the grandson of Sir Robert Stanford.[1] He was educated at Bedford Modern School and St Bartholomew's Hospital, London.[1]
Career
In 1881 Lloyd served as a house-surgeon at the West London Hospital and St Mark's Hospital, subsequently serving at both hospitals for over thirty years. He was also House-Surgeon to St Peter's Hospital for Stone, an Anaesthetist at Guy's Dental School and a former President of the West London Medico-Chirurgical Society.[1][4][5] On retiring in 1914 he was appointed Honorary Consulting Anaesthetist of the West London Hospital.[1]
Authorship
Lloyd was a contributor to various numerous journals, in particular the British Medical Journal.[1] He also took a particular interest in old paintings and was the author of 'The Cult of Old Paintings and the Romney Case', which included a foreword by Sir Edward Poynter. In his foreword to the book Sir Edward Poynter says 'Rickard W Lloyd has set forth in an amusing and interesting way the difficulties that beset the cult of old paintings, to say nothing of the snares'.[6]