Ronald Hargreaves
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Ronald Hargreaves OBE, FRCP, MRCS |
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| Born |
George Ronald Hargreaves 14 July 1908 |
| Died | 18 December 1962 (aged 54) National Hospital, Queen Square, London, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Psychiatrist |
| Spouse(s) | Dr Eva G. Byrde (married 1933) |
| Children | 4 |
George Ronald Hargreaves OBE, FRCP, MRCS (14 July 1908 – 18 December 1962) was a civilian and military psychiatrist.
Hargreaves was born in Yorkshire to James Arthur Hargreaves, and was the eldest of four children. He was educated at Mill Hill School and then studied medicine at University College London, where he was involved in the students’ dramatic society. Hargreaves then attended University College Hospital Medical School, where he had the opportunity to become house physician and house surgeon. Hargreaves was unable to take up this appointment because the death of his father required him to take paid work to support his younger siblings, but he was also averse to postgraduate training and examinations. Instead of pursuing Membership of the Royal College of Physicians, therefore, he began a career in psychological medicine at Hill End Hospital, St Albans whilst simultaneously working as a clinical assistant to Bernard Hart at University College Hospital. He then worked at Cassel Hospital, Penshurst, Kent.
In 1933, Hargreaves married Eva G. Byrde, with whom he had four daughters. In 1938, Ronald was appointed full physician at the and Eva was granted a diploma in anaesthetics.
When World War II broke out, Hargreaves enlisted in the Royal Army Medical Corps as a specialist in psychiatry. Whilst waiting to begin work, he read up on Army history, regulations, structure and training. He paid particular attention to Fortescue’s History of the British Army and a book on Army psychiatry written by the American psychiatrist Thomas Salmon at the end of the First World War, and used the expertise gleaned from these works to impress Army personnel who were sceptical about psychiatrists. He began work as the Command Psychiatrist to Northern Command under Sir Ronald Adam and later worked in the War Office.
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