Hugh de Wardener, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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British doctor
Date of Birth: 08-Oct-1915
Date of Death: 29-Sep-2013
Profession: military personnel
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
About Hugh de Wardener
- Hugh Edward de Wardener (8 October 1915 – 29 September 2013) was a British medical doctor who was an expert in the treatment of kidney disease.
- He was a pioneer of dialysis treatment and the first doctor in the United Kingdom to perform renal biopsies. Educated at Malvern College and St Thomas' Medical School, he worked at a hospital until the outbreak of World War II.
- He joined the Royal Army Medical Corps during the war and was posted to Singapore soon before its fall to the Japanese.
- He spent the rest of the war as a POW in the notorious Changi camp, during which time while treating fellow prisoners he established that beriberi is caused by a deficiency of Vitamin B1, not as was previously thought by excessive consumption of alcohol.
- He was awarded a military MBE in 1946. He was Professor of Medicine, University of London, Charing Cross Hospital, 1960–81, and subsequently Emeritus professor.
- He was Honorary Consultant Physician to the Army, 1975–1980.
- He was appointed CBE on his retirement in 1982.
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