Richard Gordon (English author)  

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Richard Gordon (born Gordon Stanley Benton, 15 September 1921 – 11 August 2017 and also known Gordon Stanley Ostlere), was an English surgeon and anaesthetist. As Richard Gordon, Ostlere wrote numerous novels, screenplays for film and television and accounts of popular history, mostly dealing with the practice of medicine. He was best known for a long series of comic novels on a medical theme beginning with Doctor in the House, and the subsequent film, television, radio and stage adaptations. His The Alarming History of Medicine was published in 1993, and he followed this with The Alarming History of Sex.

Partial bibliography

• Doctor in the House. London: Joseph, 1952
• Doctor at Sea. London: Joseph, 1953
• The Captain's Table. London: Joseph, 1954
• Doctor at Large. London: Joseph, 1955
• Doctor in Love. London. Joseph, 1957
• Doctor and Son. London: Joseph, 1959
• Doctor in Clover. London: Joseph, 1960
• Doctor on Toast. London: Joseph, 1961
• Doctor in the Swim. London: Joseph, 1962
• The Summer of Sir Lancelot. Heinemann, 1965
• Love and Sir Lancelot. Heinemann, 1965
• Doctor on the Boil. Heinemann, 1970
• Doctor on the Brain. Heinemann, 1972
• Doctor in the Nude. Heinemann, 1973
• Doctor on the Job. Heinemann, 1976
• Doctor in the Nest. Heinemann, 1979
• Doctor's Daughters. Heinemann, 1981
• Doctor on the Ball. Hutchinson, 1985
• Doctor in the Soup. Century, 1986
• The last of Sir Lancelot. Hale, 1999
• Nuts in May. Heinemann, 1964
• The Facemaker. Heinemann, 1967
• Surgeon at Arms. Heinemann, 1968
• The Facts of Life. Heinemann, 1969
• The Medical Witness. Heinemann, 1971
• The Sleep of Life. Heinemann, 1975
• The Invisible Victory. Heinemann, 1977
• The Private Life of Florence Nightingale. Heinemann, 1978
• The Private Life of Jack the Ripper. Heinemann, 1980
• The Private Life of Doctor Crippen. Heinemann, 1981
• Dr. Gordon's Casebook (diary). Severn House, 1982 Template:ISBN
• Great Medical Disasters, Hutchinson, 1983 Template:ISBN
• Great Medical Mysteries. Hutchinson, 1984 Template:ISBN
• The Bulldog and the Bear: A Play in Two Acts. Samuel French, 1984 Template:ISBN
• The Alarming History of Medicine, Sinclair-Stevenson, 1993 Template:ISBN
• The Literary Companion to Medicine: An Anthology of Prose and Poetry, Sinclair-Stevenson, 1993 Template:ISBN
• An Alarming History of Famous and Difficult Patients. St. Martin's Press, 1997 Template:ISBN