Ridgway, Roy

Roy Ridgway (1916-2000) was author of two groundbreaking books on prenatal and perinatal experiences and the effects of nutrition on babies in the womb. In the mid-1970s he directed the Sparsholt Psychotherapeutic Centre, Winchester. In the late 1970s he joined the British Medical Association secretariat and edited its publication, 'News Review'. He was a founder member of the Medical Campaign Against Nuclear Weapons and the UK-USSR Medical Exchange Programme. He was one of the executive staff who went to Oslo, in 1985, when the organization was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.