Wilson Carswell

Wilson Carswell OBE FRCS
Born	John Wilson Carswell 1937 (age 87–88)
Alma mater	King's College London (MBBS)
Known for	Research on HIV/AIDS
Relatives	Douglas Carswell (son)

John Wilson Carswell OBE FRCS (born 1937) is a Scottish physician who was one of the first medical researchers to identify HIV/AIDS in Uganda.[1]

He graduated from the King's College London with an MBBS in 1961, and was elected a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 1967.[2] He worked as a consultant surgeon at Mulago Hospital, Kampala from 1968 to 1987 where he became a leading AIDS researcher in the country.[3][4] He later served as medical advisor to the Government of South Africa, and worked in public health in the United States and Asia.[5]

His experiences in Uganda, where he met Idi Amin, were an inspiration for the character Dr. Garrigan in Giles Foden's novel The Last King of Scotland.[6]

He married Margaret Jane Clark, with whom he had four children.[7] His son Douglas Carswell was the first elected UK Independence Party Member of Parliament.[8]

References

1. "Moving Minds - Team". Archived from the original on 28 August 2014.
2. The Medical Directory 1998. Informa Publishing.
3. "SLIM DISEASE: A NEW DISEASE IN UGANDA AND ITS ASSOCIATION WITH HTLV-III INFECTION". The Lancet. 19 October 1985. doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(85)90122-9.
4. Kinsman, John. AIDS Policy in Uganda: Evidence, Ideology, and the Making of an African Success Story.
5. "Dr Wilson Carswell, medical adviser to the government's Aids unit, says about 100 000 South Africans are infected with HIV". South African History Online. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
6. "Who Is Douglas Carswell? What You Need To Know". Sky News. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
7. "Margaret Carswell, medic and ornithologist who painstakingly recorded Uganda's birdlife during turbulent times – obituary". Daily Telegraph. 1 April 2022. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
8. "UKIP gains first elected MP with Clacton by-election win". BBC News. Retrieved 10 October 2014.