Ulric Jones

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.

Ulric O.E. Jones
BornUlric Oduma Emmanuel Jones
(1940-12-11)11 December 1940
Freetown, Sierra Leone
Died(2020-09-09)9 September 2020
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)

Early life

Jones was born in Freetown, Sierra Leone on 11 December 1940 to Teddy Jones, a civil servant, and Hannah Jones, nee 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.

References

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