About Desiree Cox
Born 1964. Desiree Cox is a physician, athletics competitor and visual artist.
Dr. Desiree Cox (born 1964) is a Bahamian doctor. She became the first Rhodes Scholar from the Bahamas in 1987 when she obtained a scholarship to Pembroke College, Oxford. Cox studied medicine at Oxford and later philosophy at Cambridge before practising as a psychiatrist. She served as a consultant and special advisor on urban renewal to the Prime Minister of the Bahamas from 2004 to 2007. She attended Queen’s College secondary school, graduating in 1982.
Awards and honours In 1987, Cox became the first Rhodes Scholar from the Bahamas.
In 2017, Cox was chosen by Pembroke College as one of a select few alumni to have her portrait hung in its Great Hall.
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Who is Desiree Cox?
Bahamian artist and physician
When was Desiree Cox born?
Desiree Cox was born on 20 March 1964 in Nassau.
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Desiree Cox is a physician, athletics competitor and visual artist.
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Desiree Cox's recorded nationality: The Bahamas.
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