Richard Asher

Richard Alan John Asher, FRCP (3 April 1912, Brighton – 25 April 1969, Marylebone) was an eminent British endocrinologist and haematologist. As the senior physician responsible for the mental observation ward at the Central Middlesex Hospital he described and named Munchausen syndrome in a 1951 article in The Lancet.

Personal facts

Alias (AKA)	Sir Richard Asher
Birth date	April 03, 1912
Birth name	Richard Alan John Asher
Birth place	Brighton , Sussex
Date of death	April 25, 1969
Place of death	London , Marylebone
Spouse	Margaret Eliot
Children	Jane Asher Peter Asher

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