Richard Lindsey Batten, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Richard Lindsey Batten

British surgeon

Date of Birth: 29-Sep-1920

Date of Death: 29-Dec-1997

Profession: surgeon

Nationality: Nigeria

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Richard Lindsey Batten FRCS (29 September 1920 – 29 December 1997) was an English orthopaedic surgeon.
He established the first blood bank in Nigeria, and introduced in Britain the AO technique for internal fixation of fractures.
He taught orthopaedics at the Birmingham General Hospital, and was the first editor of the scientific trauma journal Injury