Source of members names: From 1930 until 1990 members' names were published in the Society journal as they joined or became fellows. These sources are shown as a journal abbreviation followed by the year in which the person entered the Society, e.g., ER 1942. (ER = Eugenics Review; Bulletin of the Eugenics Society; B&S = Biology and Society). The Eugenics Review at times listed all the officers and members of the council. These sources are also shown as a journal abbreviation followed by a date. The Society is a corporation and its directors are listed in its annual reports deposited in Company House (CH). In 1937 the Society published a list of members in its Annual Report (ESAR 1937). In 1957 the Society published a list of members in the Eugenics Review (ER 1957). A list of members compiled in 1977 was deposited in the Welcome Archives (1977 list). Deaths of members were sometimes noted in obituaries in the Society journals (Obit + journal abbreviation and date). Other sources are as specified.
Rabagliati, Miss
Eugenics Society Member 1938Rabasa, Mr. Sol L.
Source: ER 1938
Casilda, ArgentinaRadford, The Rev. C.I.
Eugenics Society Member 1939
Source: ER 1939
Swaffham Prior, Cambridge 1937Radford, Dr. Maitland
Eugenics Society Member 1931, 1937
Source: ER 1931, ESAR 1937
Eugenics Society Council 1931-32Rafferty, Miss L. May
Source: ER 1931-32
Droylsden, ManchesterRaikes, Mrs. Frank
Eugenics Society Member 1955, 1957
Source: ER 1955, 1957
Eugenics Society Member 1931Raisman, Sir Jeremy GCMG, GCIE, KCSI
Source: ER 1931
Fieldhead, Shamly Green, Guildford, SurreyRajan, Dr. R.G. DC, FBSS
Eugenics Society Fellow 1955, 1957, 1977
UK Treasurer, International Planned Parenthood Federation 1964
Personal: Indian finance (see John Maynard Keynes q.v.); Commander, Order of the Indian Empire
- son, John Michael Raisman
(John Michael Raisman; educ. Dragon School; career in oil w/ Shell (Rockefeller); Royal Comm. on Environmental Pollution 1986-87; Deputy Director, British Telecom 1987-;Governor, National Institute of Economic and Social Research 1983-; see J.E. Meade q.v.)
Source: ER 1955, 1957, 1977 list, WSW 1990, ER 1964, p. 141, Around the World News of Population and Birth Control
Eugenics Society Member 1953Rajhathy, Dr. T.
Source: ER 1953
Eugenics Society Member 1963Ram, Mr. Baksha
Source: ER 1963
Eugenics Society Member 1983Ramage, Dr. G. MA, MD
Source: B&S 1984
County Medical Officer of Health, StaffordRamsay, Lt. Col. Sir John KCIE, CSI
Eugenics Society Member 1956, 1957
Source: ER 1956, 1957
1 Cleveland Terrace, London W2, 1937Rao Bahadur, Mr. K.V.N.A. BA, BE, M Inst W E, FFSc
Eugenics Society Fellow 1932, 1937
Personal: Companion of the Order of the Star of India; Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire
Source: ER 1932, ESAR 1937
Mayavaram, Madras Presidency, India 1937Rao Bahadur, Dr. L.K.A.I. MD, BA
Eugenics Society Member 1934, 1937
Personal: Rao, Bahadur K.V. Natesa Aiyar a.k.a. Natesa Aiyar Rao Bahadur K.V. (ESAR 1937); Bachelor of Engineering
Source: ER 1934, ESAR 1937
Lekshminardyapuram Palghat, Kalpathi Post, South India 1937Raphael, Mrs. Nancy Rose
Eugenics Society Member 1934, 1937 Personal: Rao Bahadur L.K. Ananthakrishna Iyer a.k.a. Iyer Dewan Bahadur Dr. L.K. Ananthakrishna (ESAR 1937)
Source: ER 1934, ESAR 1937
London SW1Rathbone, Miss E.F. MP
Eugenics Society Fellow 1955, 1957
Personal: Chief of European region for International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) when IPPF was first organized (see Every Child a Wanted Child.); Trustee, Oliver Bird Trust 1966 (see E. Mears q.v.; Oliver Bird Trust q.v.; G.W. Cadbury q.v.); Company Director, Family Planning Association Ltd. 1979; m. George Geoffrey Raphael (div.)
- son, Adam Raphael
(Adam Raphael; b. 1938; Executive Editor of the Observer 1988-, see Arnold Goodman q.v.; Presenter, Newsnight, BBC TV 1987-88; Pubns: My Learned Friends. 1989)
Background:
After a rescue filmed by Newsnight in 1990, Fr. Morrow was accused and convicted of assault; after an interview on Newsnight in 1993, Don Treshman was arrested, accused of inciting violence, and deported from England)
Source: WSW 1990; ER 1955, 1957, CH
50 Romney St., London SW1, 1937Rathbone, Mr. Frederick
Eugenics Society Fellow 1937
Source: ESAR 1937
Hegg Hill Farm, Smarden, Kent 1937Rathbone, Miss May BM/BBK
Eugenics Society Member 1937
Source: ESAR 1937
London WC1Rathcreedan, Lady
Eugenics Society Fellow 1937, 1957
Personal: 1937 address High House, Keston, Hayes, Kent 1937
Source: ESAR 1937, ER 1957
Bellehatch Park, Henley on Thames 1937Ravden, Miss May
Eugenics Society Member 1937
Source: ESAR 1937
Eugenics Society Member 1944Ravenhill, Miss A.
Source: ER 1944
Eugenics Society Council 1909-11Rawcliffe, Mr. D.H.
Pubns:
"Eugenic ideals for womanhood", ER 1909 10, v. 1, p. 265
Source: ER 1909-11
Eugenics Society Member 1952Rawnsley, Mrs. W.
Source: ER 1952
Well Vale, Alford, Lincs 1937Rawstorne, Mr. R.G.
Eugenics Society Fellow 1937
Source: ESAR 1937
Eugenics Society Member 1932Rayleigh, Lord
Source: ER 1932
18 Hyde Park Sq., London W2Rayner, Mrs. T. BSc
Eugenics Society Fellow 1957, 1977
Personal: family name is Strutt; 5th Baron; John Arthur; b. 1908; d. 1988; succ. 1947; m. 1934 Ursula Brocklebank; co-founder, Population Concern; see John Strutt q.v.
Source: ER 1957, 1977, Burke's
Eugenics Society Member 1982Rea, Mr. Walter MP
Source: Bulletin of the Eugenic Society 1983
Eugenics Society Council 1910, 1911 First International Eugenics Congress 1912, General CommitteeRead, Mr. R.S. MSc, MI Mech E
Source: ER 1910, 1911; Problems in Eugenics. 1912 (repr.)
Eugenics Society Member 1955Reckitt, Mr. Arnold L.
Personal: Member, Institute of Mechanical Engineers
Source: ER 1955
40 Bedford Square, London WC1, 1937Reddi, O.S.R. PhD
Eugenics Society Fellow 1932, 1937
Source: ER 1932, ESAR 1937
Eugenics Society Member 1960Redding, Dr. Mary MRCS, LRCP
Source: ER 1960
21 Wimpole St., London W1Reed, Mr. R.S. OBE, MSc, MI Mech E, JP Tuffley, Gloucester
Eugenics Society Fellow 1955, 1957
Source: ER 1955, 1957
Eugenics Society Member 1957, 1977Reed, Prof. Sheldon PhD
Personal: Order of the British Empire; Member, Institute of Mechanical Engineers
Source: ER 1957, 1977 list
Dight Institute for Human Genetics, Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USARees, Dr. William Linford L. BSc, MB, BCh, DPM, MRCP, MD, FRCP
Eugenics Society Fellow 1958, 1977
Personal: Genetic Counselling; Director, American Eugenic Society
Source: ER 1958, 1977 list, AES list
Quotes:
"It is imperative that the less intelligent be discouraged from reproducing as much as at present because machines are rapidly taking over jobs previously held by the least able of our fellow men." ER 1965, p. 74
Purley, SurreyRees Moog, Major Graham
Eugenics Society Fellow 1947, 1957, 1977
Treasurer, World Psychiatric Assoc. 1966-; Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry, University of London. 1980; Lecturer in Psychological Medicine at St. Bartholomew's Hospital since 1958; Recognised Clinical Teacher in Mental Diseases, Institute of Psychiatry, University of London since 1956; ex-Regional Psychiatrist for Wales
Personal: William Linford Llewelyn; FRCPsych; Examiner: Diploma in Psychological Medi cine, Royal College of Physicians 1964-69; Examiner: MRCP, RCP, RCPE, and RCPGlas, 1969-, MB and DPM, Univ. of Leeds 1969-; Cttee of Management, Institute of Psychiatry, Maudsley Hosp. 1968-; Consultant Physician, Bethlem and Maudsley Hosp. (1954-66); Governor: The Bethlem Royal Hosp., the Maudsley Hosp., Medical Coll of St. Bartholomew's Hosp. 1980-; Chmn., Bd. of Trustees, Stress Syndrome Ltd. 1981; Member: Jt. Policy Cttee QMC, St. Bartholomew's Hosp. and London Hosp.,1973-; Cttee on Safety of Medicines 1971-; Cttee on Review of Medicines; Society for the Study of Human Biology; Biological Psychiatry Assn. USA; ex Regional Psychiatrist for Wales
Pubns:
article on prefrontal leucotomy in ER July 1947; Dimensions of Personality, with Eysenck q.v. and Himmelweit 1947 (see R. Lynn); "The physical constitution and mental illness", ER 1947 48, v. 37, p. 23; Schizophrenia: Somatic Agents. 1957; Psychoendocrinology. 1958; Short Textbook of Psychiatry. 1967 (A New Short Textbook of Psychiatry. 1988 rev. ed)
Research Project: Rosemary Kennedy - Who suggested prefrontal leucotomy?
Source: ER 1947, 1957, WSW 1990, Medical Directory 1991
Clifford Manor, Stratford on Avon 1937Reid, Dr. Archdall
Eugenics Society Fellow 1937
Source: ESAR 1937
Eugenics Society Council 1916 First International Eugenics Congress 1912, General CommitteeReid, Mrs. Helena MA
Pubns:
The Laws of Heredity.
Source: ER 1916, Men Behind Hitler, p. 87; Problems in Eugenics. 1912 (repr.)
Eugenics Society Council 1931-32Relf, Miss
Source: ER 1931-32
16 Cascade Ave., Muswell Hill, London N10 1937, 1957Rennie, Mr. J.
Eugenics Society Fellow 1937, 1957
Source: ESAR 1937, ER 1957
Wellcroft, Helensburgh, Scotland 1937Renwick, Prof. J.H. DSc, FRCP, FRC Path, MFCM
Eugenics Society Member 1937
Source: ESAR 1937
Eugenics Society Member 1983Reynell, Dr. W.R. MA, MD, FRCP
Source: ER 1983
Eugenics Society Fellow 1939Rhodes, Mrs.
Source: ER 1939
Eugenics Society Member 1931Rhodes, Miss P.J. BA
Source: ER 1931
Eugenics Society Member 1983Rich, Miss Doris BSc (Econ)
Source: B&S 1984
Eugenics Society Member 1947Rich, Miss Florence MA, FLS
Source: ER 1947
The Cosmarium, 57 King's End, Ruislip, Middlesex 1937Richardson, Gilbert Hancock
Eugenics Society Member 1937
Source: ESAR 1937
164 Rye Hill, Newcastle on Tyne 1937Richardson, Mr. J.A. St. C.
Eugenics Society Fellow 1937
Source: ESAR 1937
Eugenics Society Member 1944Richardson, Mr. Lewis Fry DSC, FRS
Source: ER 1944
Dunscore, Castlehead, Paisley, Scotland 1937Richford, Mr. V.E. MPS
Eugenics Society Fellow 1921, 1937
Personal: Quaker; educ. Cambridge Univ.; National Physical Laboratory
Pubns:
Weather Prediction by Numerical Processes. 1922
Source: ESAR 1937, Obit ER 1953, p. 211
Eugenics Society Member 1943Richmond, Mrs. Caroline BSc, MSc
Source: ER 1943
LondonRichterich, D.O.C.
Eugenics Society Fellow 1977
Source: 1977 list
Eugenics Society Member 1964Rickwood, Mrs.
Source: ER 1964
The River House, Chelsea Embankment, London SW3, 1937Ride, Prof. T.L.
Eugenics Society Member 1936, 1937
Source: ER 1936, ESAR 1937
Hong Kong 1937Rideal, Mrs.
Eugenics Society Member 1934, 1937
Personal: Dept. of Physiology, The University, Hong Kong 1937
Source: ER 1934, ESAR 1937
Eugenics Society Member 1932Ridsdale, Dr. Arthur Errington MRCS, LRCP
Source: ER 1932
c/o Westminster Bank, Pavilion Buildings, Brighton, Surrey 1937Ripley, Dr. Joan MB, BS
Eugenics Society Fellow 1937
Source: ESAR 1937
Eugenics Society Member 1985Roberts, Mrs.
Source: B&S 1986
Eugenics Society Member 1989Roberts, Mr. D.F.
Source: ER 1989
Dept. of Human Genetics, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon TyneRoberts, Mr. Fred
Eugenics Society Member 1960 V.P. 1972 Fellow 1977 Editor, B&S 1983-1989 Hon. Secretary 1981, 1989, 1992
Personal: Reader in Human Genetics, Newcastle Univ. 1972; Prof. of Human Genetics, Emeritus 1993
Pubns: 1959 Natural Selection in Human Populations.; 1980 "Inbreeding and Ecological Change: An Isonymic Analysis of Secular Trends in a Tyneside Parish Over Three Centuries", Social Biology, v. 27, 2, p. 230; 1981 Changing Patterns of Conception and Fertility. Eugenics Society Symposium no. 16; "Paradoxes of Evolution in Recent Man" 1983 (Institute for the Study of Man in Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa); Biology and Society, editor 1989
Source: ER 1960, 1977 list, B&S, CH, Journal of Biosocial Science 1993 April
Background:
Coercion in China: "The approach to family planning in China is also quite different, with a general requirement for permission (benign coercion) before conception ... discussions are in progress which could lead to the introduction of eugenic laws which would regulate marriage and childbearing, which would be likely to list the genetic disorders leading to proscription ... It would have been impolite... to express ... strong disapproval of the directive approach ... but instead (we) repeatedly urged consideration of the effective non directive measures used in the UK...", from the Report of the delegation of clinical geneticists to China, Spring, 1986. Biology and Society, Vol. 4, 1987, p. 76.
D.F. Roberts was a member of the delegation. China passed the Eugenic Law in 1993. But in the meantime it had been discovered that spina bifida, the leading birth defect in China, was caused by a lack of folic acid.
Brantford, Ont., CanadaRoberts, G.R.
Eugenics Society Fellow 1957
Source: ER 1957
Eugenics Society Member 1960Roberts, Mr. G.W.
Source: ER 1960
Hastings House, St. Michael, 18, Barbados, BW1Roberts, Dr. J.A. Fraser MD, FRCP, FRSE
Eugenics Society Member 1947 Fellow 1957
Source: ER 1947, 1957
Clinical Genetics Research Unit, Institute of Child Health Hospital for Sick Children, LondonRoberts, Mr. J.J.
Eugenics Society Council 1931, 1934, 1937-39, 1944-45 Fellow 1937, 1957 V.P. 1948-49 Council 1966
Personal: b. 1899; worked w/ Prof. Crew q.v.; Fellow, Royal Society of Edinburgh; Stoke Park Medical Colony, Bristol 1933-57; Burden Mental Research Trust, Stoke Park Colony, Bristol 1939 (see R.J.A. Berry q.v.); Lect. in Medical Genetics, London School of Hygiene 1946-57; 1946 "first genetic counselling center in Britain" at the Hospital for Sick Children; 1957 Director, MRC Clinical Genetics Research Unit, Institute of Child Health; Geneticist, Pediatric Research Unit, Guys Hospital, 1964 -81; Royal Anthropological (Pres., Blood Groups Unit 1957-59)
Pubns:
1940 An Introduction to Medical Genetics.; 1952 "Genetics of Mental Deficiency", Galton Lecture 1952; Bath Survey on Intelligence; Scottish Council for Research on Education; His "policy on family allowances ... (was) ... incorporated into benefits of the post war welfare state" Obit B&S 1987 Sept., p. 11 by A.E. Mourant
Source: ER 1931-32, 1957; ESAR 1937; 1977 list; CH; ER 1937-39; ER 1944-45; Obit B&S 1987 Sept., p. 11 by A.E. Mourant; Genetic Prophecy. 1983
Genetic Advisory Centres 1983
- North East Thames Regional Health Authority Genetic Clinic, Institute of Child Health, Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormonde St., London
-South East Thames Regional Health Authority, Paediatric Research Unit, Prince Philip Research Unit, Guy's Hospital Medical School
Eugenics Society Member 1959Roberts, Mr. J.W. MA
Source: ER 1959
Eton College, Windsor, BerksRoberts, Sgt. T.
Eugenics Society Member 1963, 1977
Source: ER 1963, 1977 list
Eugenics Society Member 1934Robertson, Miss A.C.St. Madoes
Personal: 332986 Sgt T. Roberts
Source: ER 1934
Taylor Ave, Kew Gardens, Surrey 1937Robertson, Mr. D.W.
Eugenics Society Fellow 1937
Source: ER 1937, ESAR 1937
Eugenics Society Member 1946Robertson, Prof. J.B.
Source: ER 1946
Queens Square, Lancaster 1937Robertson, Mr. R.H.S. MA (Cantab), FGS
Eugenics Society Fellow 1937
Source: ESAR 1937
Pitlochry, PerthshireRobertson-Ritchie, Mr. D. HDD, LDS
Eugenics Society Fellow 1959, 1977
Personal: educ. Cambridge Univ.; Fellow, Geological Society
Pubns: "The output of scientists in Scotland, 1600-1950", ER 1960-61, v. 52, p. 71
Source: ER 1959, 1977 list
Chichester, SurreyRobinson, Mr. B.P.
Eugenics Society Member 1940 Fellow 1957
Source: ER 1940, 1957
Eugenics Society Member 1988Robinson, Mr. E.S.
Source: ER 1989
Blandford, DorsetRobinson, Mr. John E.
Eugenics Society Member 1937, 1957
Personal: 23 Upper Phillimore, Gardens, London W8, 1937
Source: ESAR 1937, ER 1957
Shipley, LeedsRobinson, Mr. J.H.
Eugenics Society Member 1957, 1977
Source: ER 1957, 1977 list
Eugenics Society Member 1943Robinson, Mrs. Louis N. MA
Source: ER 1943
411 College Ave., Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, USA 1937Robinson, Mrs. Marjorie
Eugenics Society Member 1937
Source: ESAR 1937
Cleckheaton, YorksRobinson, Mr. P.M.
Eugenics Society Member 1955, 1957
Source: ER 1955, 1957
Dept. of Social Studies, Teeside Polytechnic Middlesborough, ClevelandRobson, Mr. S.
Eugenics Society Fellow 1977
Personal: see A.H. Halsey q.v. on union of biology and sociology; see other Teesiders
Source: 1977 list
Eugenics Society Member 1937Roe, Miss L.
Source: ER 1937
7 Chenies St., Chambers London WC1, 1937Rogers, Mrs.
Eugenics Society Member 1932, 1937
Source: ER 1932, ESAR 1937
Eugenics Society Fellow 1938Rogers, Mr. Basil M.
Source: ER 1938
25 Molyneux Park, Tunbridge Wells, Kent 1937Rogers, Lt Col. J.M.
Eugenics Society Fellow 1932, 1937
Source: ER 1932, ESAR 1937
Riverhill, Sevenoaks 1937Rogers, Mrs. Mary
Eugenics Society Fellow 1937
Source: ESAR 1937
Eugenics Society Member 1989Rogers, T.W. BS (Educ.), MA, PhD
Source: ER 1989
Eugenics Society Member 1967Rogerson, Dr. C.H. MD
Source: ER 1967
Eugenics Society Fellow 1939Roland, Dr. Jill MSc, MFCH, MRCS, LRCP
Source: ER 1939
Eugenics Society Member 1984Rolfe, Mrs. Neville See under Neville Rolfe
Source: B&S 1985
Rolleston, Sir Humphrey GCVO, KCB, MD
Martins, Scotlands Lane, Haslemere, Surrey 1937Rookwood, Mr. R.M.
Eugenics Society Member 1932 President 1933-35 Director 1936 Fellow 1937
Source: ER 1932, CH, ER 1959, p. 65, ESAR 1937
LondonRoper Power, Mr. E.R. PhD
Eugenics Society Member 1955, 1957
Source: ER 1955, 1957
Wokingham, BerksRoper, Dr. W.F. CBE, MB, BS, MRCS, LRCP, FRC Psych
Eugenics Society Member 1944, 1957
Source: ER 1944, 1957
Brixhame, DevonRorke, Dr. Margaret MB, BCh
Eugenics Society Member 1949, 1957 Fellow 1977
Personal: 1957 Medical Officers House, HM Prison, Wakefield, Yorks; Psychiatrist; Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Source: ER 1949, 1957, 1977 list
Eugenics Society Consultative Council 1937Rose Innes, Lady CBE
Source: ESAR 1937
Kolara, Gibson Rd., Kenilworth, Cape, South Africa 1937Rosenau, Dr. Helen
Eugenics Society Fellow 1937
Source: ESAR 1937
Eugenics Society Member 1939Ross, Miss Jean
Source: ER 1939
Eugenics Society Member 1932Rossi, Prof. Dr. Comm. Enrico
Source: ER 1932
University of Milan, Milan, ItalyRoughton, Dr. A. MRCS, LRCP, DPM
Eugenics Society Fellow 1932
Source: ER 1932
CambridgeRous, The Hon. Keith
Eugenics Society Member 1960, 1977
Personal: Diploma in Psychological Medicine; a woman
Source: ER 1960, 1977 list
Clovelly Court, North Devon 1957Rowe, Mr. C.J.
Eugenics Society Life Fellow 1937, 1957, 1977
Personal: 1977 address Penhaven, Parkham, Bideford, Devon; 1937 address Worstead House, nr. Norwich
Source: ESAR 1937, ER 1957, 1977 list
Eugenics Society Member 1967Rowlandson, Mr. Paul BSc, MSc
Source: ER 1967
Eugenics Society Member 1981Rowntree, Miss G.
Source: Bulletin of the Eugenic Society 1982
LondonRoxburgh, Mr. John Ferguson MA
Eugenics Society Member 1957
Source: ER 1957
Stowe School, Buckingham 1937Rubimarco, F.
Eugenics Society Fellow 1933, 1937
Personal: first headmaster of Stowe 1923
Source: ER 1933, ESAR 1937, obit ER 1954-55, p. 78
Eugenics Society Member 1960Rumbold, Mr. Richard
Source: ER 1960
Chelsea, LondonRunbaken, Mr. J.H.
Eugenics Society Member 1947 Fellow 1947, 1957
Personal: ex Catholic who spent his life in search of true religion wandering between Eastern religions and Western psychiatric sanatoriums (see S. Vere Pearson q.v.); felt this was due to bad heredity; left his money to Eugenic Society to be used for the purpose of preventing people like himself from being born
Pubns:
A Message in Code: The Diary of Richard Rumbold. 1932-60 (ed.) by Wm. Plomer 1964, London; My Father's Son. 1949, Jonathan Cape (autobiog. under pseudonym Richard Lumford); "Dr. S. Vere Pearson", ER 1950-51, v. 42, p. 112, (Obit); "Into the Madding Crowd: Ceylon and Its Population Problems", ER 1956-57, v. 48, p. 87
Source: ER 1957, Obit ER 1964, p. 162 by C.P. Blacker
Eugenics Society Member 1937Russell, The Lady
Source: ER 1937
Eugenics Society Member 1938Russell, Mr. C.B.
Pubns:
Children, why do we have them?
Source: ER 1938-39
Stubbers, North Ockendon, Essex 1937Russell, Dr. Duncan C. MB, ChB
Eugenics Society Member 1937
Source: ESAR 1937
LondonRussell, Prof. J.K. MD, FRCOG
Eugenics Society Member 1946, 1957
Source: ER 1946, 1957
Eugenics Society Fellow 1959Russell, Mr. John MA
Source: ER 1959
Eugenics Society Council 1910-11, 1916 First International Eugenics Congress 1912, General CommitteeRussell, Mr. W.L.
Source: ER 1910-11, 1916; Men Behind Hitler, p. 87; Problems in Eugenics. 1912 (repr.)
Eugenics Society Member 1931Russell, Dr. W. Ritchie CBE, MD, FRCP, DSc
Source: ER 1931
OxfordRussell-Brown, Col. C. CB, DSO
Eugenics Society Fellow 1977
Source: 1977 list
8 Barons Ct., Kensington, London W14, 1937Ryan, Mr. T. BA
Eugenics Society Member 1932, 1937
Source: ER 1932, ESAR 1937
Eugenics Society Member 1946Ryerson, The Rev. E.
Source: ER 1946
Eugenics Society Member 1942Ryle, Prof. John Alfred MD, FRCP
Source: ER 1942
5 Herschel Rd., Cambridge 1937 Medicine/ and then Social Medicine Cambridge/ Oxford Universities Cambridge/ Oxford
Eugenics Society Member 1927 Council 1930 Fellow 1937 V.P. 1938 Director 1939
Personal: b. 1889; d. 1950; authority on gastric function; Regius Professor of Medicine, Cambridge Univ. 1933-40; First Nuffield Professor of Social Medicine, Oxford 1940 ("Here an active department developed under his gentle, wise and inspiring guidance" Obit ER 1950, p. 55)
Pubns:
"Medicine and Eugenics", Galton Lecture 1938, ER 1938-39, v. 30, p. 9; Changing Disciplines.; Fears May Be Liars.; The Natural History of Disease. Source: ER 1939, CH, Obit ER 1950, p. 55, ESAR 1937
Quotes:
"The science of medicine and the science of eugenics ... their aim is in many respects identical", (from "Medicine and Eugenics" Galton Lecture 1938, ER 1938, p. 9)
Abortion and Eugenics: "We ... think that facilities for the voluntary termination of pregnancy should be made available for those persons specified ... as being appropriate candidates for voluntary sterilisation" (from letter signed by Ryle, Gates q.v., Blacker q.v., Horder q.v., Huxley q.v., Mapother q.v. ER 1938 p. 85)
"This Society [i.e. the Eugenics Society] is concerned only with the termination of pregnancy for eugenic reasons." (ER 1938, p. 85 Notes of the Quarter and Letter)
If still true in 1964, this would mean that the proposals of Dugald Baird to David Steel were eugenic proposals. The "socio- medical clause" would be a eugenic clause. A eugenic clause would be illegal. Abortions done for eugenic reasons would be illegal abortions. Informed consent would be absent. The doctor would not be signing "in good faith" for medical reasons.
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