Dame Frances Violet Gardner

Frances Gardner was born in 1913, and was educated at Oxford, then, at the Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine in 1940.

She had medical positions at both those schools. She was also a research fellow at Harvard University. In 1946, she became Consultant Physician at the Royal Free.

She published many paper on various medical subjects, especially cardiovascular medicine. She first served as Dean of the Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine, from 1962 to 1975, and then as its president in 1979.

She served on numerous medical committees, including the General Medical Council, in 1971. She died in 1989.