Thomas Cecil Gray

Professor Thomas Cecil Gray born 11 March 1913 in Liverpool. He pioneered modern Anaesthetic techniques.

Born in Liverpool in 1913, he qualified in medicine at The University of Liverpool in 1937. He began his career as a General Practitioner before joining the Royal Army Medical Corps. He later returned to the University to become Head of the Department of Anaesthesia and was made Dean of the Faculty of Medicine in 1970, retiring in 1976.

As Senior Lecturer he established the Department of Anaesthesia at Liverpool University,  the ‘Liverpool technique’, based on the triad of unconsciousness, analgesia and muscle relaxation, was developed as a result. Professor Gray was presented with a CBE by Her Majesty the Queen and in 1982 was honoured by the Pope with the award of KCSG (Knight Commander of St Gregory).

Professor Gray was the editor of the British Journal of Anaesthesia from 1948 to 1964.

Until recently Professor Gray continued to give occasional lectures at the university.

He has three children and four grandchildren.

Posts

 * Founder member of the Board of the new Faculty of Anaesthetists of the Royal College of Surgeons 1948.
 * President of the Section of Anaesthetics of the Royal Society of Medicine in 1955
 * President of the Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland (1957-1959).

Publications

 * A Milestone in Anaesthesia?, published in 1946. ISSN 0035-9157
 * General Anaesthesia, with J. F. Nunn ISBN 0-407-18554-2.
 * Dr. Richard Formby, (Published: Royal College of Physicians) (2002)