Godfrey Fowler

Godfrey Heath Fowler (1931 – 29 March 2022) was a British academic, general practitioner and medical scientist. He was Professor of General Practice at the University of Oxford between 1996 and 1997.

Early life and education Fowler was born in 1931, He attended University College, Oxford (1950–1954), and was then at University College Hospital in London until 1956, when he graduated with his medical degree (BM BCh). He completed the Diploma of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (DObst RCOG) in 1958 and the Diploma in Child Health (DCH) the next year.

Career Fowler entered general practice in 1959 and worked in Oxford from 1961. He was the college doctor to Balliol College (1974–1991) and to Queen's College, and promoted the foundation of counselling services for students. and retired the following year, retaining an emeritus fellowship at Balliol. He was a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (elected in 1996), and the Faculty of Public Health.

Personal life In 1961, Fowler married Sissel Vidnes; they had two sons, one of whom died in 1995.

Publications

(Editor, jointly with Muir Gray) Preventive Medicine in General Practice (Oxford University Press, 1982). (Editor, jointly with Muir Gray) Essentials of Preventive Medicine (Blackwell Scientific, 1984).