Ulric Jones Explained

Ulric O.E. Jones
Birth Date:11 December 1940
Birth Name:Ulric Oduma Emmanuel Jones
Birth Place:Freetown, Sierra Leone
Death Place:Freetown, Sierra Leone
Occupation:Medical Doctor, Physician, Neurosurgeon
Spouse:Doreen Leigh
Children:4
Relatives:John Ernest Leigh (brother-in-law)
Nationality:British Subject, Sierra Leonean
Education:Sierra Leone Grammar School, University of Edinburgh

Ulric Oduma Emmanuel Jones (11 December 1940 - 9 September 2020) was a Sierra Leonean medical doctor who was the first Sierra Leonean to specialize as neurosurgeon. Jones was the medical director of the Fajara Medical Clinic in the Gambia.

Early life

Jones was born in Freetown, Sierra Leone on 11 December 1940 to Teddy Jones, a prominent Creole civil servant, and Hannah Jones, née Davies. The Jones family included members such as Dr Radcliffe Dougan Jones, the well-known Sierra Leonean medical doctor.

Education and medical studies

Jones was educated at the Sierra Leone Grammar School where he was head-boy. Jones subsequently studied and qualified as a medical doctor at the University of Edinburgh and studied neurosurgery in Japan in the 1970s.

Family life

Ulric Jones married Doreen Leigh in 1961 and the couple had four children.

Death

Jones died on 9 September 2020 in Freetown, Sierra Leone.

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