Ulric Jones

Ulric Oduma Emmanuel Jones (11 December 1940 – 9 September 2020) was a Sierra Leonean medical doctor who was the first Sierra Leonean to specialize as neurosurgeon. Jones was the medical director of the Fajara Medical Clinic in the Gambia.

Early life Jones was born in Freetown, Sierra Leone on 11 December 1940 to Teddy Jones, a prominent Creole civil servant, and Hannah Jones, née Davies. The Jones family included members such as Dr Radcliffe Dougan Jones, the well-known Sierra Leonean medical doctor.

Education and medical studies Jones was educated at the Sierra Leone Grammar School where he was head-boy. Jones subsequently studied and qualified as a medical doctor at the University of Edinburgh and studied neurosurgery in Japan in the 1970s.

Family life Ulric Jones married Doreen Leigh in 1961 and the couple had four children.

Death Jones died on 9 September 2020 in Freetown, Sierra Leone.