Juan Peter Quilliam OBE (20 November 1915 - 11 September 2003) was emeritus professor of pharmacology at the University of London. [1]
He is buried at St Andrew's church, Totteridge, London.
Juan Pete Quilliam was born in Richmond on 20 November 1915, to Thomas Alfred and Caroline Maud (née Pavitt), both school teachers. He was educated at University College School and won a scholarship to study medicine at University College Hospital, aged 16. He entered University College London and obtained an MSc. He then went on to qualify in 1941, with his last year as a clinical medical student working in emergency medicine at the London Hospital at Hemel Hempstead. He qualified with honours and distinctions in forensic medicine and hygiene. [2]
Peter Quilliam married Kathleen Florence Melita Kelly (Melita) at St Nun’s, Pelynt on 21 December 1946. [3] They had two children: Penelope Sally Anne (Penny) in 1950 and Jonathon Peter in 1953, both born in Marylebone. Melita was killed in a traffic accident in 1957. [2] She died on 13 November.
Quilliam’s second wife was Barbara Lucy Marion Kelly. They were married in 1958. She died in Rochford in 2022.