Jacqueline Jepson

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This is the story of an exceptional life. A young Lancashire lad who, through his own personality, skill and sheer "pluck" forged a career in Medicine. Richard Pomfret Jepson won scholarships to further both his schooling and university studies. In 1938 he and his parents fostered and changed the otherwise bleak future of a young Austrian Jewish boy. Richard went to the frontline in WW11, manning one of Hugh Cairns mobile neuro-surgical units in North Africa and Italy. During this time, he undertook field trials for Howard Florey on penicillin. Returning to England after the war he subsequently becoming foundation Professor of Surgery at Sheffield University. In 1958 he was enticed by the climate, people and food of South Australia to became foundation Professor of Surgery at Adelaide University. For a decade he led an innovative team until he handed over to the next generation and moved into a consulting role. He was a caring and supportive father to his five girls but had an untimely death at the age of 62. Jepson laid the foundations for the teaching of medicine in South Australia; later adopted Australia wide. Much of his medical research and techniques are still in use today.