Malcolm Donaldson: paediatric endocrinologist, musician, and proud collaborator with his wife Julia, author of The Gruffalo

The BMJ Pub Date : 2024-11-12 DOI:10.1136/bmj.q2481
Anne Gulland
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Julia and Malcolm Donaldsondonaldson20241111.f1 Malcolm Donaldson was a distinguished paediatric endocrinologist with a string of research publications to his name—but he was also happy to play second fiddle (almost literally) to his wife Julia, the celebrated author of much loved children’s books, including The Gruffalo and Room on the Broom. Malcolm, a talented musician and performer, accompanied his wife as she toured festivals, schools, and libraries in the UK and around the world. Together they performed the stories, with Malcolm acting characters ranging from an accident prone dragon to a comic cattle thief. His star role, in the words of Julia’s literary agent, was “a particularly suave fox” in The Gruffalo. Malcolm met Julia Shields when they were students at the University of Bristol and they married in 1972. Donaldson went on to work in Brighton, London, and Lyon, France, before moving back to Bristol to be a senior registrar in paediatrics. Six years later he moved to Glasgow where he was appointed a paediatric consultant at Yorkhill Hospital and a senior lecturer at Glasgow University. Donaldson started as a single handed paediatric endocrinologist and he soon established a range of multidisciplinary clinics and services for children. His main interests were thyroid problems and Turner and Prader-Willi syndromes. At the time there were few specialist clinics and he quickly became a respected …
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朱莉娅和马尔科姆-唐纳森dondonaldson20241111.f1 马尔科姆-唐纳森是一位杰出的儿科内分泌学家,发表过一系列研究论文,但他也乐于为妻子朱莉娅担任副手(几乎是字面意义上的),朱莉娅是备受喜爱的儿童读物(包括《格鲁弗洛》和《扫帚上的房间》)的著名作家。马尔科姆是一位才华横溢的音乐家和表演者,他陪伴妻子在英国和世界各地的节日、学校和图书馆巡回演出。他们一起表演这些故事,马尔科姆扮演的角色从容易出事故的龙到滑稽的偷牛贼。用朱莉娅的文学经纪人的话说,他的明星角色是《格鲁法罗》中 "一只特别风流倜傥的狐狸"。马尔科姆在布里斯托尔大学读书时结识了朱莉娅-希尔德,两人于 1972 年结婚。唐纳森先后在布莱顿、伦敦和法国里昂工作,之后搬回布里斯托尔担任儿科高级注册医师。六年后,他搬到格拉斯哥,被任命为约克希尔医院儿科顾问和格拉斯哥大学高级讲师。唐纳森一开始只是一名单手儿科内分泌专家,但他很快就为儿童建立了一系列多学科诊所和服务。他的主要研究方向是甲状腺问题以及特纳和普拉德-威利综合征。当时的专科诊所很少,而他很快就成为了一名受人尊敬的内分泌专家。
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