Richard Moulton (1949)

Richard was born in Middlesex, England on March 10, 1928.  Richard had a love of animals from early childhood. During WWII he heard that the animals at Whipsnade Zoo were on short rations and cycled 80 km to bring forage from his mother’s garden to feed the elephants.

Richard was a lifelong collector, starting with stamps as a child. Through his knowledge of geography learned from stamps Richard was awarded a scholarship to Cambridge University, where he studied biology and chemistry at the Lower School of John Lyon. Richard achieved first class honours at the end of his second year in Natural Sciences and thus became a Scholar. He read Medicine at Queens in 1949, and won the Melsome Memorial Prize in 1951. Richard went on to practice medicine at University College Hospital in London.

In London Richard met Sheila, and they were married in 1955.  Richard and Sheila immigrated to Canada in 1966 when Richard was invited to practice medicine in Fort Frances, North Western Ontario. Richard was involved in training and recruiting medical students for North Western Ontario, and was a much loved Family Medicine doctor in Fort Frances, Ontario until 1993, when he and Sheila retired to Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.

Richard developed a passion for collecting Victorian era Tuck Postcards with his daughter, Alison. They developed a website called Tuckdb to record the history of Tuck postcards illustrating world history, art, science, and politics.  Richard’s latest passion has been doing jigsaw puzzles with his family.

Sheila and Richard had two sons, two daughters, and seven grandchildren. Richard had a love of travelling the world with his family, and supported many environmental charities around the world.

The Moulton family is grateful for the love and care Richard received at Mt. St. Mary’s Hospital during his last days.

Obituary by daughter, Sally Ziskowski.