Sheridan Russell

Sheridan Russell (1900-1991) was a cellist, medical doctor, and patron of the arts. He was Head Almoner at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery and founded the Paintings in Hospitals charity.[1]

He appeared as a castaway on the BBC Radio programme Desert Island Discs on 4 April 1970.[2]

Russell was known as Britain's first male almoner.[3]

Russell did not speak until he was three years old. At five years of age, he began to learn the cello. As a child in Paris, he was frequently taken to lunch with Claude Debussy. It was Debussy who diagnosed Russell as being partially deaf.[4]

During World War II, Russell worked for British Intelligence in Italy.[5]

References
  1. "Queen Square Archives - Artwork". Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  2. "Desert Island Discs - Castaway : Sheridan Russell". BBC Online. BBC. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  3. Ann, Oakley (2014). Father and daughter : patriarchy, gender, and social science. Bristol: Policy Press. p. 116. ISBN 9781447318118. OCLC 892844009.
  4. Klein Gompers, Gertrude (2010). Prisms of Light...Reflections of Shattered Glass: Our flight from the Holocaust. Xlibris, Corp. p. 239. ISBN 978-1453545911.
  5. Russell, Sheridan (1993). Sheridan's Story. Kit Russell, William Barnes, E. J. B. Rose, Simon May. pp. 110–115.
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