NameDr Vicky Veronica YIP FRCP , 2940
Birth23rd December 1948, Hong Kong
Death30th July 1987, St Batholomew’s Hospital, London
FatherTeddy YIP , 915 (1907-2003)
MotherSusie YUEN YUEN HO , 905 (1923-)
Spouses
Birth26th October 1949, Neath, Glamorgan, S Wales
OccupationSolicitor and Public Affairs Consultant
EducationHaileybury and Trinity College Cambridge.
FatherMaurice Llewelyn CLEMENT-JONES MA , 1 (1917-1988)
MotherMargaret Jean HUDSON , 2 (1919-)
Marriage16th June 1973, Church of Our Most Holy Redeeemer, Chelsea
Notes for Dr Vicky Veronica YIP FRCP
Published many papers on Endorphin research including one in Nature on the measurement of Enkephalin. Discovered how level of enkephalin rises with acupuncture. Founder of Cancerbackup the Cancer Information Charity. which merged with Macmillan Cancr Support in 2008. She had a memorial service attended by 1000 people at St Paul's Cathedral on 3 November 1987. Times and Independent obituaries in August 1987. Subject of a biography "A Special Gift" by Carolyn Faulder and Readers Digest piece in April 1989. Photo and caption in "East Garston Past and Present"

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