Richard Asher
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Sir Richard Alan John Asher, MD, FRCP (Brighton 3 April 1912 – Marylebone 25 April 1969) was the physician at the Central Middlesex Hospital, who gave the name Munchausen syndrome to the disease in a 1951 article in The Lancet.
He was born to the Rev Felix Asher and his wife Louise nee Stern. He married Margaret Augusta Eliot on 27 July 1943, and had children:
- Peter Asher born 1944 - one half of Peter & Gordon
- Jane Asher born 1946 - the actress
- Clare Asher born 1948
He suffered from depression in later life and reportedly died by his own hand at the age of 57 [1]
