Raymond Hoffenberg (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Sir Raymond ("Bill") Hoffenberg KBE (16 March 1923 - 22 April 2007) was an endocrinologist who specialised in the study of the thyroid. Born in South Africa, he was forced to leave in 1968, and settled in the United Kingdom, where he was President of the Royal College of Physicians from 1983 to 1989, and President of Wolfson College, Oxford from 1985 to 1993. Hoffenberg was born and educated in Port Elizabeth in South Africa. He was a brilliant student, and studied medicine at the University of Cape Town from 1939, aged only 16. He was also an active sportsman, taking part in tennis, golf, squash, boxing, and rugby. He enlisted in the Union Defence Force in 1942, serving as a stretcher bearer in the Second World War in North Africa and Italy in the 6th South African Armoured Division.