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Ulric Jones

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Ulric O.E. Jones
BornUlric Oduma Emmanuel Jones
(1940-12-11)11 December 1940
Freetown, Sierra Leone
Died9 September 2020(2020-09-09) (aged 79)
Freetown, Sierra Leone
OccupationMedical Doctor, Physician, Neurosurgeon
NationalityBritish Subject, Sierra Leonean
EducationSierra Leone Grammar School, University of Edinburgh
SpouseDoreen Leigh
Children4
RelativesJohn Ernest Leigh (brother-in-law)

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

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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

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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

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

Death

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

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