Anthony Sidney Fairbank Butcher

doi:10.1136/bmj.b5007

Published 23 November 2009, doi:10.1136/bmj.b5007
Cite this as: BMJ 2009;339:b5007

Obituaries

Anthony Sidney Fairbank Butcher

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As a student, before he got down to serious medicine, AnthonySidney Fairbank Butcher ("Tony") became an outstanding oarsman.Within four years he had rowed in the crew that won the boatrace for Cambridge, the Thames Head of the River, the Grand,the Stewards, and the Silver Goblets at Henley. He competedin the 1948 Olympics and the 1950 Empire Games. He enjoyed hisnational service in the Royal Army Medical Corps with the Brigadeof Guards. He helped to develop the obstetric service in SouthBuckinghamshire. His outside interests were in travel, genealogy,and classic Bentley cars. He leaves a wife, Peggy, and had threesons and a daughter, and nine grandchildren. Although he neverinfluenced his children directly, they include a consultantgynaecologist, a consultant orthopaedic surgeon, and a psychotherapist.