
Ryder, Leonard Raphael (1931 - 2013)
Asset Name:
E010535 - Ryder, Leonard Raphael (1931 - 2013)
Title:
Ryder, Leonard Raphael (1931 - 2013)
Author:
Sarah Gillam
Identifier:
RCS: E010535
Publisher:
The Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2023-11-30
Subject:
Description:
Obituary for Ryder, Leonard Raphael (1931 - 2013), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
IsPartOf Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Date of Birth:
1931
Place of Birth:
Singapore
Date of Death:
9 December 2013
Place of Death:
Melbourne Victoria Australia
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
BDS Melbourne 1954
FDSRCS 1959
Details:
Leonard Raphael Ryder, known as Len, was a dental surgeon in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. He was born in 1931 in Singapore, the son of John Ryder, an engineer, and Ruth Rebecca Ryder née Isaac. Initially sent to a boarding school in the UK, at the start of the Second World War he returned first to Singapore and was then sent to school in Australia. He attended Trinity Grammar School in Kew, Victoria from 1942 to 1948 and went on to study dentistry at the University of Melbourne, qualifying with a BDS in 1954.
In 1955 he went to the UK for further training and gained his fellowship of the Faculty of Dental Surgery of the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 1959.
He returned to Australia, to Melbourne, where he worked as a dental surgeon.
Ryder died on 9 December 2013 in Melbourne at the age of 82. He was survived by his widow Eve, children Nick, Amy and Susie, and grandchildren Ben, Charlotte, Chloe, Lily, Madeleine and Poppy.
Rights:
Copyright (c) The Royal College of Surgeons of England
Collection:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Format:
Obituary
Format:
Asset
Asset Path:
Root/Lives of the Fellows/E010000-E010999/E010500-E010599