Richard is an expert on medical history as well as an award winning author of both history and poetry. He received a PhD in History of Medicine and pursued an academic career at the universities of Cambridge and London. His studies focus on History of Disease and Evolutionary Thought. “Medical London, City of Diseases, City of Cures”, was Richard’s first book, and he has since produced “The Sick Rose: Disease and the Art of Medical Illustration” and it’s ‘sequel’ “Crucial Interventions: An Illustrated Treatise on the Principles & Practice of Nineteenth-Century Medicine”. Richard also leads a series of guided historical walks around London, speaking on topics such as the cultural history of health, disease and medicine in London. In 2016, he received the Faculty Medal of the Society of Apothecaries for his work on the History of Medicine.

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