The Poet's Calling
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Douglas Mercer
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Re: The Poet's Calling
Richard Asher was born to the Reverend Felix Asher and his wife Louise (née Stern). He married Margaret Augusta Eliot at St Pancras' Church, London on 27 July 1943, whereupon his father-in-law gave him a complete set of the Oxford English Dictionary, which doctor and medical ethicist Maurice Pappworth alleged was the source of Asher's accidental reputation as a medical etymologist. They had three children: Peter Asher (born 1944), a member of the pop duo Peter & Gordon and later record producer; Jane Asher (born 1946), a film and TV actress and novelist; and Clare Asher (born 1948), a radio actress. Richard Asher's brother Thomas married Margaret's sister, Susan. The Asher family home above his private consulting rooms at 57 Wimpole Street was briefly notable when Paul McCartney of The Beatles lived there in 1964–66, at the height of Beatlemania, during his relationship with Jane Asher. In 1964 Asher suddenly gave up his hospital post and perhaps all medical activities. He suffered from depression in later life and reportedly died by suicide at the age of 57. His death took place at 57 Wimpole Street, and he left a will and an estate valued at £35,937.
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Douglas Mercer
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