Lenrie Peters was a distinguished poet and surgeon. He was born in Bathurst (now Banjul), the capital of Gambia. Both his parents, Kezia and Lenrie Peters, had emigrated from Sierra Leone. His father, Lenrie, was editor of the Gambia Echo. His mother Kezia had been brought up in England. Of Lenrie’s

Leipoldt was a man of great ability and versatility, who worked actively as a doctor and a journalist throughout his career. A South African of Dutch republican sympathies, in later life he promoted good professional relations between the Medical Associations of South Africa and Great Britain. Fully