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| occupation = Doctor • businesswoman • journalist • broadcaster • writer |
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| years_active = 1971–present |
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| spouse = {{marriage|[[Tom Stoppard]]|1972|1992|end=divorce}}<br>{{marriage|[[Christopher Hogg]]|1997}} |
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Tom Stoppard]]|1972|1992|end=divorce}}<br>{{marriage|[[Christopher Hogg]]|1997|2021|end=d}} |
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| children = 2, including [[Ed Stoppard]] |
| children = 2, including [[Ed Stoppard]] |
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| relatives = [[Oona King|Oona King, Baroness King of Bow]] (niece)<br>[[Preston King (academic)|Preston King]] (brother-in-law)<br>[[Ted Graham, Baron Graham of Edmonton]] (first cousin) |
| relatives = [[Oona King|Oona King, Baroness King of Bow]] (niece)<br>[[Preston King (academic)|Preston King]] (brother-in-law)<br>[[Ted Graham, Baron Graham of Edmonton]] (first cousin) |
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Revision as of 22:08, 8 August 2022
Miriam, Lady Hogg, M.D. D.Sc FRCP DCL OBE (born 12 May 1937), is an English doctor, businesswoman, journalist, broadcaster and writer.
Miriam Hogg | |
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 Stoppard and her former husband Tom, New York City, circa 1985 | |
| Born | Miriam Stern 12 May 1937 |
| Other names | Miriam Stoppard |
| Occupation | Doctor • businesswoman • journalist • broadcaster • writer |
| Years active | 1971–present |
| Spouse(s) |
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| Children | 2, including Ed Stoppard |
| Relatives | Oona King, Baroness King of Bow (niece) Preston King (brother-in-law) Ted Graham, Baron Graham of Edmonton (first cousin) |
| Website | Official website |
Early life
Miriam Stern was born in Newcastle upon Tyne. Her father, Sidney, was a nurse and her mother, Jenny, worked for the Newcastle school dinners service. Her sister is social justice activist Murreil Hazel Stern. Her family was Orthodox Jewish.[1] Her father was born Jewish and her mother converted to Judaism.[2]
Stern grew up on a council housing estate. Her mother was a dressmaker who taught Miriam how to make her own clothing, and from an early age she bought remnants of cloth with her pocket-money. Up until her teens, she fashioned her own designs, complemented with cheap and improvised accessories.[3] Outside of studies she enjoyed music, danced and played table tennis.[3]
Medical career
As a teenager she attended school on a scholarship and was shy. Inspired by her father, she had early aspirations to become a doctor. Stern attended the Central High School in Eskdale Terrace and trained as a nurse at the Newcastle General Hospital (Royal Free Medical School). She went on to study medicine at King's College, Durham (which became Newcastle University in 1963).
Career
After qualifying as a doctor, Stoppard worked at the Newcastle's Royal Victoria Infirmary and specialised in dermatology as a senior registrar at Bristol Royal Infirmary. She became a research director and then managing director in the pharmaceutical industry for Syntex. She became well known during the 1970s and 1980s as a television presenter on scientific and medical programmes such as Don't Ask Me and Where There's Life.[4]
Stoppard has written several books about health, including the Children's Medical Handbook, but particularly on the subject of women's health. She writes on health issues and acts as an agony aunt for the Daily Mirror, having previously answered readers' letters for TV Times magazine. Her company, Miriam Stoppard Lifetime, sells her books and health products.
Stoppard was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2010 New Year Honours for services to healthcare and charity.[5]
In August 2012, writing in the Daily Mirror, Stoppard supported UCL's Institute of Child Health research[6] which suggested reviewing the recommendation of exclusive breastfeeding until six months, adding that the appearance of teeth should signal the end of breastfeeding.[7] She was named Journalist of the Year at the Stonewall Awards[8] on 6 November of that year.
Family
From 1972 to 1992 Stoppard was married to the playwright Tom Stoppard, with whom she had two sons. One of their sons is the actor Ed Stoppard. She married the industrialist Sir Christopher Hogg in 1997, and was married to him until his death in 2021. She has two stepdaughters from her second husband's first marriage.
Former MP Oona King is Stoppard's niece; she is the daughter of Preston King and Miriam's sister, Murreil Hazel Stern. Her first cousin is politician Ted Graham, Baron Graham of Edmonton.[2]
References
- ^ "Parenting" – Life & Style Home. The Sydney Morning Herald. (22 November 2006).
- ^ a b "How is it for you?". Thejc.com. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
- ^ a b Sunday Express magazine supplement 23 October 2011, p. 55, accessed 8 January 2015.
- ^ Miriam Stoppard at IMDb
- ^ "No. 59282". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2009. p. 12.
- ^ Is 'breast only' for first six months best? Archived 4 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Ucl.ac.uk (14 January 2011).
- ^ Dr Miriam Stoppard column When should you stop breast-feeding?. Daily Mirror (14 August 2012).
- ^ Stonewall Awards 2008. Stonewall.org.uk (27 March 2009).
External links
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- 1937 births
- British advice columnists
- English Jews
- English television presenters
- 20th-century English medical doctors
- Living people
- People from Newcastle upon Tyne
- Officers of the Order of the British Empire
- People educated at Central Newcastle High School
- English women medical doctors
- Jewish physicians
- 20th-century women physicians
- Women columnists
- Stoppard family
- Alumni of King's College, Newcastle
- 20th-century English women
- 20th-century English people
- Wives of knights