Dr. Gordon Ostlere, who wrote novels under the pen name Richard Gordon, died on August 11, the Bookseller reported. He was 95.
Ostlere was a surgeon and anesthetist at St Bartholomew's Hospital in London who wrote novels, screenplays and accounts of popular history. In 1952, he took up writing full time. He is best known for the Doctor series of novels and a film adaptation of Doctor in the House.
His literary agency Curtis Brown commented: "His hugely successful books and films bought an immense amount of innocent and intelligent pleasure to millions. The Doctor in the House name still resonates, as do many of the characters he created, such as the fearsome surgeon Sir Lancelot Spratt."
