Richard H. R. White

Richard Henry Reeve White (6 November 1926 in Newcastle-under-Lyme, 10 December 2020) was a paediatric nephrologist, emeritus Professor of Paediatric Nephrology from the University of Birmingham morphologist and archivist for British Association for Paediatric Nephrology.

Life White was the youngest of three children. In 1950, White graduated with a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MB ChB). After deciding to become a paediatrician, he trained at the Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) and Guy's Hospital's in London. White became interested in using a needle to do renal biopsy in children. White immediately saw the potential in developing a percutaneous biopsy needle that could be applied with a local anesthetic

International Study When he returned in 1962, he was appointed to a position at Evelina London Children's Hospital, part of Guy's Hospital where he introduced his new biopsy technique. with nephrotic syndrome in the region southeast and southwest of the River Thames. Barnett along with Chester Edelmann and Ira Greifer created the International Study of Kidney Disease in Children in 1966 in the United States. believed there was a need to develop several paediatric specialities in Birmingham and invited White to work at the Birmingham Children's Hospital To compound the problem, there was no paediatric nurses nor other consultants working in that speciality at the hospital at that time. However, due to the level of bureaucracy at the hospital, it was a long time before the service was fully active. In 1975, White recruited Michael Hugh Winterborn as consultant paediatrician to create a dialysis service for children but transplantation was only occasionally taking place by adult surgeons, not paediatric surgeons. It was only in 1997, after White retired, was the goal of a fully comprehensive renal service finally achieved in Birmingham Hospital. In 1985, White became an honorary consultant. A year later in 1986 he was promoted to professor. White remained at the Birmingham Children's Hospital until 1991.

James Spence Medal In 1995, White was awarded the James Spence Medal by the British Paediatric Association for outstanding contributions to paediatric knowledge.