Hugh Anthony Clegg CBE FRCP (19 June 1900 – 6 July 1983[1]) was a British medical doctor. He was editor of the British Medical Journal from 1947 to 1965.[2] He was awarded the Gold Medal of the British Medical Association in 1966 and was appointed a CBE in the same year.[3]
Hugh Clegg | |
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| Born | Hugh Anthony Clegg 19 June 1900 St Ives, Huntingdonshire, England |
| Died | 6 July 1983 (aged 83) Greater London, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | Westminster School |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
| Occupation(s) | Medical doctor, journalist |
| Known for | Editor of the British Medical Journal, 1947–1965 |
| Spouse |
Kira von Engelhardt (m. 1932) |
| Children | Nicholas P. Clegg |
| Parent(s) | John Clegg Gertrude Wilson Short |
| Relatives | Nick Clegg (grandson) |
| Awards | Gold Medal of the British Medical Association (1966) |
Early life
editBorn in St Ives, then in Huntingdonshire, Clegg was the son of the Rev. John Clegg and Gertrude Wilson. His father, a clergyman and schoolmaster who became the head of Lowestoft College in East Anglia, taught him classical languages, and Clegg gained scholarships at Westminster School and Trinity College, Cambridge.[4] He had two older brothers, Arnold (born 1896) and John (born 1898). In 1901, the family moved to Lowestoft, where his younger sisters, Mary, Margaret, and Veronica, and his brother Bernard were all born.[5]
Career
editIn 1931 Clegg joined the staff of the British Medical Journal.[4] He was handed assistant editorship of the journal 3 years later. Clegg became editor of the journal in 1947, and continued in his post until 1965. A 1947 Nature article on his work at the BMJ said, "Dr. Clegg brings to his task a vigour of character, a broad outlook and an experience of medical journalism which make it certain that the great traditions of the British Medical Journal will be maintained."[6] In 1990, epidemiologist Austin Bradord Hill wrote an autobiographical piece in the BMJ about his friendship with Clegg, calling him a 'joy to work with'.[7]
In 1943 Clegg wrote a pamphlet for the general public, How to keep well in Wartime, published by the Ministry of Information.[8]
One of the few surviving photographs of Clegg was taken by Alexander Bassano for the National Portrait Gallery, London.[9]
Personal life
editIn 1932 he married Kira von Engelhardt, Baroness von Smolensk,[10] daughter of a Russian émigré, Arthur Engelhardt, Baron von Smolensk.[11] Their son was businessman Nicholas P. Clegg, the father of politician Nick Clegg, who from 2010 to 2015 was Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.[12]
References
edit- Notes
- ^ CLEGG, Hugh Anthony’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 21 Sept 2012
- ^ "Hugh Anthony Clegg". Can Med Assoc J. 93 (24): 1275. 1965. PMC 1935084. PMID 20328435.
- ^ Lock, Stephen (2004). "Clegg, Hugh Anthony (1900–1983), journal editor". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/30941. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ a b Hugh Anthony Clegg, obituary at rcplondon.ac.uk, accessed 13 July 2016
- ^ Nick Clegg's Lowestoft connection dated 18 June 2010 at lowestoftjournal.co.uk, accessed 13 July 2016
- ^ "British Medical Journal : Dr. Hugh Clegg". Nature. 159 (4028): 55. 11 January 1947. Bibcode:1947Natur.159Q..55.. doi:10.1038/159055a0. ISSN 1476-4687.
- ^ Bradord Hill, Austin (1990). "Hugh Clegg: recollections of a great editor" (PDF). British Medical Journal.
- ^ Clegg, Hugh Anthony (1943). How to keep well in Wartime (pamphlet). London: HMSO.
- ^ "Hugh Anthony Clegg - National Portrait Gallery".
- ^ Born Marie Engelhardt - see baptism register of Nice, page 5 (online here: http://www.basesdocumentaires-cg06.fr/archives/ImageZoomViewerEC.php?IDDOC=2011011816335440340374&COMMUNE=NICE&PAROISSE=&TYPEACTE=Naissances&DATE=1909%20%E0%20%20/%202 Archived 25 July 2018 at the Wayback Machine)
- ^ Lock (n.d.).
- ^ Family History. "Family detective: Nick Clegg". Telegraph. Archived from the original on 27 April 2010. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
- Sources
- Lock, Stephen (n.d.). "Clegg, Hugh Anthony (1900–1983), journal editor", in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Online, (subscription required), accessed 4 May 2014.