Richard Gordon (English author)

Richard Gordon
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Born	Gordon Stanley Ostlere (1921-09-15)15 September 1921
Died	11 August 2017(2017-08-11) (aged 95)
Nationality	English
Occupation(s)	Ship's surgeon, anaesthetist, and writer
Known for	Doctor series of novels

Richard Gordon (born Gordon Stanley Benton, 15 September 1921 – 11 August 2017, also known as Gordon Stanley Ostlere),^[1] was an English ship's surgeon and anaesthetist. As Richard Gordon, Ostlere wrote numerous novels, screenplays for film and television and accounts of popular history, mostly dealing with the practice of medicine. He was best known for a long series of comic novels on a medical theme beginning with Doctor in the House, and the subsequent film, television, radio and stage adaptations. His The Alarming History of Medicine was published in 1993, and he followed this with The Alarming History of Sex.