15 Facts About Theodore Dalrymple

Theodore Dalrymple worked in a number of Sub-Saharan African countries as well as in the East End of London.

Theodore Dalrymple is the author of a number of books, including: Life at the Bottom: The Worldview That Makes the Underclass, Our Culture, What's Left of It and Spoilt Rotten: The Toxic Cult of Sentimentality.

Theodore Dalrymple's father was a Communist businessman of Russian Jewish descent, while his Jewish mother was born in Germany.

Theodore Dalrymple came to England as a refugee from the Nazi regime.

Theodore Dalrymple's grandfather had served as a major in the German Army during WW1.

Theodore Dalrymple studied medicine at the University of Birmingham, graduating with an MB ChB degree in 1974.

Theodore Dalrymple became a Member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists in 1980, and qualified as a specialist in psychiatry in 1997.

Theodore Dalrymple returned to the United Kingdom in 1990, where he worked in London and Birmingham.

Theodore Dalrymple has a house in Bridgnorth, Shropshire, and a house in France.

Theodore Dalrymple is an atheist, but has criticised anti-theism and says that "To regret religion is, in fact, to regret our civilization and its monuments, its achievements, and its legacy".

Theodore Dalrymple became an atheist in response to a moment in a school assembly.

Theodore Dalrymple used the name "Thursday Msigwa" when he wrote Filosofa's Republic, a satire of Tanzania under Julius Nyerere.

Charles Moore wrote in 2004 that "Theodore Dalrymple, then writing under a different pseudonym, is the only writer I have ever chosen to publish on the basis of unsolicited articles".

Theodore Dalrymple was a judge for the 2013 Hippocrates Prize for Poetry and Medicine.

Theodore Dalrymple currently writes a weekly commentary column for the online Taki's Magazine.