Tribute
Angell In a tribute to the late Matthew
Nicholas Angell (PJ, 15 October,
p497), ROBIN HERBERT, chairman of the Guernsey branch of the Royal Pharmaceutical
Society, writes:
I am proud to have known Matthew Angell. He was an unassuming
gentleman, always immaculately turned out. He quietly managed to get
things done.
His record at Boots during the German occupation was well documented
by P. J.
Rivett in ‘A tiny act of defiance’ (Paignton: Planetesimal; 2001).
His professional skills were tested to the extreme. Many islanders only survived
the war thanks to his expertise.
After his retirement from Boots he worked with the Guernsey Social Security Authority
to introduce the “pharmaceutical scheme”, which provided health service
prescriptions for the first time, a benefit that is now taken for granted by
most people.
He was secretary of the Guernsey Pharmaceutical Association, which became a branch
of the Pharmaceutical Society in 1951. He served for many years as secretary
and treasurer, then as chairman. On the occasion celebrating his 50 years on
the Register, he was made an honorary chairman of the branch. Only in his latter
years was he unable to attend meetings and then only after a telephone call of
apology to the secretary or chairman. He was proud to be a pharmacist and maintained
a keen interest in the practice and welfare of the profession right up to the
end.
My thoughts are with his wife Daphne and daughter Wendy at this time.
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