Reginald Eleady-Cole
Reginald Haworth Eleady-Cole | |
|---|---|
 Reginald Eleady-Cole | |
| Born | 2 January 1929 Freetown, British Sierra Leone |
| Died | 9 October 1997 (aged 68) |
| Nickname | Reggie Eleady-Cole |
| Occupation | Physician, Cardiologist |
| Language | English, Krio |
| Nationality | British subject, Sierra Leonean |
| Education | Prince of Wales Secondary School Gonville and Caius College, University of Cambridge, University of Liverpool |
| Website | |
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Reginald Haworth Eleady-Cole MB ChB, DTM&H, GCOR (2 January 1929 – 9 October 1997) was a prominent Sierra Leonean doctor and philanthropist known for his medical achievements and his role as the personal physician of President Siaka Stevens and President Joseph Saidu Momoh.[1][2]
Eleady-Cole was one of the first cardiologists in Sierra Leone. He established the intensive care unit at Connaught Hospital and completed ground-breaking research with Dr Robert A. Bruce.[3][4]
Background and early life
[edit]Reginald Haworth Eleady-Cole was born on 2 January 1929 in Maroon Town, Freetown, British Sierra Leone, to Sierra Leonean parents, George Eleady-Cole and Rebecca Nancy Eleady-Cole, née Rosenior.[5][6]
His father, George, was a merchant and the son of a high-ranking civil servant. His mother, Rebecca, was from a prominent Sierra Leonean family of Nova Scotian Settler and Jamaican Maroon descent.[7]
The Eleady-Cole family resided in the central district of Freetown, Sierra Leone, a prosperous area of the town with some of the leading families in the colony, and Reginald Eleady-Cole had a privileged upbringing.[8]
Education
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Reginald Eleady-Cole attended local primary schools in Freetown, Sierra Leone.[9]
Eleady-Cole was educated at the Methodist Boys High School, where he was appointed as the head boy of the school.[10]
He proceeded to the Prince of Wales School, Freetown, where he gained a foundation in the sciences.[11] The school produced several medical doctors in Sierra Leone including Robert Wellesley-Cole and Raymond Sarif Easmon.
He received a government scholarship to study medicine in England at Gonville and Caius College, University of Cambridge where he obtained the MB ChB in 1961.[12][13]
After completing his studies at Cambridge University, he subsequently received the DTM&H at the University of Liverpool in 1964.[14]
Eleady-Cole collaborated with Dr Robert A. Bruce at the University of Washington between 1969 and 1970. He arrived back in Sierra Leone in 1970.[15][16]
Medical career
[edit]Eleady-Cole returned to Sierra Leone and as a government medical officer practiced in Bo, Sierra Leone. He returned to Freetown, Sierra Leone, where he practiced at Hill Station, Sierra Leone.[17]
He was appointed as one of the physicians of Sir Milton Margai, the first prime minister of Sierra Leone before his death in 1965.[18]
Eleady-Cole was a consultant cardiologist at Connaught Hospital and became a Senior Consultant. He established the Intensive Care Unit at Connaught Hospital Freetown. Eleady-Cole also brought the first kidney dialysis machine to Sierra Leone.[19]
He was also the private physician of President Siaka Stevens and also of President Joseph Saidu Momoh.[20]
He was a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh in 1970. He was also a founder member of the West African College of Physicians.[21]
Honours
[edit]He received the Order of the Republic of Sierra Leone for his contributions to medicine. [22]
Later years
[edit]Eleady-Cole died in London, England on 9 October 1997.[23]
References
[edit]- ^ https://rhec.org.uk/
- ^ https://rhec.org.uk/professional-career/
- ^ https://rhec.org.uk/
- ^ https://rhec.org.uk/professional-career/
- ^ 'Obituaries,' Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, Volume 28, Issue 2 URL: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/147827159802800218.
- ^ 'Biography', Reginald Haworth Eleady-Cole, URL: https://rhec.org.uk/biography/.
- ^ Nigel Browne-Davies, 'Notable Sierra Leonean Figures of the Past: A Biographical Sketch of William Charles De Graft Rosenior, 1862-1929,' Journal of Sierra Leone Studies, Volume IV, Edition I
- ^ https://rhec.org.uk/biography/
- ^ https://rhec.org.uk/biography/
- ^ https://rhec.org.uk/biography/
- ^ https://rhec.org.uk/biography/
- ^ https://rhec.org.uk/biography/
- ^ 'Obituaries,' Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, Volume 28, Issue 2 URL: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/147827159802800218.
- ^ 'Obituaries,' Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, Volume 28, Issue 2 URL: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/147827159802800218.
- ^ https://rhec.org.uk/biography/
- ^ 'Obituaries,' Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, Volume 28, Issue 2 URL: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/147827159802800218.
- ^ https://rhec.org.uk/biography/
- ^ https://rhec.org.uk/professional-career/
- ^ https://rhec.org.uk/unknown-facts/
- ^ 'Biography', Reginald Haworth Eleady-Cole, URL: https://rhec.org.uk/biography/
- ^ 'Biography', Reginald Haworth Eleady-Cole, URL: https://rhec.org.uk/biography/
- ^ 'Biography', Reginald Haworth Eleady-Cole, URL: https://rhec.org.uk/biography/
- ^ 'Obituaries,' Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, Volume 28, Issue 2 URL: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/147827159802800218.
- 1929 births
- 1997 deaths
- 20th-century Sierra Leonean medical doctors
- Methodist Boys' High School alumni
- Alumni of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
- Alumni of the University of Cambridge
- Alumni of the University of Liverpool
- 20th-century philanthropists
- People from Freetown
- Sierra Leone Creole people
- Sierra Leonean people of African-American descent
- Sierra Leonean people of Caribbean descent
- Sierra Leonean people of Jamaican descent
- Sierra Leonean Christians
- Sierra Leonean Methodists