Plaque

Doctor John Fry - Guy's Hospital

Erection date: 14/10/2015

Inscription

Dr John Fry, 1922 - 1994, pioneering family doctor, world renowned researcher in primary care, & innovator in evidence based medicine.
Qualified at Guy's Hospital 1944.

Site: Fry and Wittgenstein at Guy's Hospital (2 memorials)

SE1, Guy's Hospital, The Colonnade

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesof london.co.uk

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