Rob Buckman
| Rob Buckman | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Robert Alexander Amiel Buckman 22 August 1948 London, United Kingdom |
| Died | 9 October 2011 (aged 63) In transit flying from London to Toronto. |
| Cause of death | Unknown |
| Residence | Toronto |
| Nationality | British,Canadian |
| Citizenship | British,Canadian |
| Alma mater | St John's College, Cambridge |
| Occupation | Professor in the department of medicine at the University of Toronto |
| Website | [1] |
Robert Alexander Amiel "Rob" Buckman (22 August 1948 – 9 October 2011) was a British doctor of medicine, comedian and author, and president of the Humanist Association of Canada. He first appeared in a Cambridge University Footlights Revue in 1968, and subsequently presented several television and radio programmes about medicine, as well as appearing on comedy programmes such as Just a Minute. He was also the author of many popular books on medicine.
Comedy sketch show "What are you doing after the show" 1970–71.
Buckman attended University College School and graduated in medicine from St. John's College, Cambridge in 1972. He continued his medical training at the Royal Marsden Hospital and University College Hospital, London, becoming a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians.
Buckman was a familiar voice on BBC Radio 4 during the 1970s and 1980s, both on panel shows, and fronting one-off programmes on scientific topics. He contributed scripts to the sitcom Doctor on the Go, based on the Richard Gordon books, and also acted in the Pink Medicine Show comedy show. He also was one of the performers and writers of the first Secret Policeman's Ball fundraiser in 1979, with Billy Connolly, John Cleese and Eleanor Bron.
Rob Buckman was more distinguished as a popular science presenter and appeared on the programme Don't Ask Me in the 1970s, and then the medical programme Where There's Life with Miriam Stoppard for its first three series from 1981. He continued this career in Canada where he contributed to TV Ontario programmes such as Your Health and the CTV medical show Balance as well as frequent guest appearances on The Dini Petty Show. His television series Magic or Medicine? investigated alternative medicine and won a Gemini award, while Human Wildlife covered microbes in the domestic environment.
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