32-645: Frank Gardner may refer to: Frank Gardner (journalist) (born 1961), British journalist Frank Gardner (racing driver) (1930–2009), Australian racing driver Frank Gardner (politician) (1872–1937), U.S. Representative from Indiana Frank Gardner (footballer) , English footballer Frank "Sprig" Gardner , wrestling coach See also [ edit ] Francis Gardner (1771–1835), U.S. Representative from New Hampshire Frank Gardner Moore (1865–1955), American Latin scholar Frank Gardiner (1830–1904), Australian bushranger [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
64-663: A classical scholar, before going on to Charing Cross Hospital in 1895 and qualifying in 1900. He married Mary Edith Waring in 1917, the daughter of Mr C. E. Waring, of Cardiff, and they had a son and a daughter. His medical career began in 1902 with an appointment to the Fever Hospital Service of the Asylums Board as assistant medical officer at Brook Hospital, before moving to the Grove Fever Hospital . Rolleston remained here throughout
96-766: A fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in 1931, and was a member of a number of medical bodies including the French Society of Paediatrics. He was president of the Society for the Study and Cure of Inebriety and campaigned against the abuse of alcohol and use of tobacco. At the Royal Society of Medicine, he held presidency positions in the sections of epidemiology, paediatrics and clinical medicine. Like his brother, Humphry, he advocated humanism and
128-677: A nine-year career as an investment banker . In 1995 he left banking and joined BBC World as a producer and reporter. He became the BBC's first full-time Gulf correspondent in 1997, setting up as a freelance stringer in Dubai . In 1999 Gardner was appointed BBC Middle East correspondent in charge of the bureau in Cairo , but travelled throughout the region. Following the September 11 attacks on New York, Gardner specialised in covering stories related to
160-403: A second lieutenant (on probation) and was given seniority from 23 May 1984. His commission was confirmed and his rank of second lieutenant was dated to 23 May 1984 with seniority from 23 May 1982. He was promoted to lieutenant on 30 September 1985, with seniority from 23 May 1984. He was promoted to captain on 1 October 1990, with seniority from 1 February 1989. On 11 November 1993, Gardner
192-468: A training course for disabled skiers, he resumed skiing using a sitski, a device that allows disabled people to ski while seated. In November 2011 he was elected honorary president of the Ski Club of Great Britain for six years. He is now a Patron of Disability Snowsport UK (DSUK). He is a keen birdwatcher and presented a September 2009 BBC Archive Hour programme on Sir Peter Scott . In 2019 he
224-503: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Frank Gardner (journalist) Francis Rolleston Gardner OBE TD VR FRGS (born 31 July 1961) is a British journalist, author and retired British Army Reserve officer . He is currently the BBC 's Security Correspondent, and since the September 11 attacks on New York has specialised in covering stories related to
256-654: The BBC News special, Ukraine: Putin's Nuclear Threat . The documentary focuses on recent gains by Ukrainian forces in the Russo-Ukrainian War , and how it could provoke President Putin into the use of tactical nuclear weapons . Gardner's Sunday Times bestseller Blood and Sand ( ISBN 978-0-553-81771-3 ), describing his 25 years of Middle Eastern experiences, was published by Transworld in 2006. His book Far Horizons ( ISBN 978-0-593-05968-5 ), about unusual journeys to unusual places,
288-699: The British Army biathlon team. When he was 16, Gardner met the Arabian explorer Sir Wilfred Thesiger , and was invited to the explorer's home in Chelsea . Partly as a result – and partly reasoning that knowing the Arabic language would make him employable in that part of the world – he was determined to study Arabic . In his gap year Gardner saved up by working in a brick factory then went backpacking from Morocco to Istanbul . He then travelled to Manila in
320-681: The Metropolitan Asylums Board Infection Hospital Service . The London County Council took over the Metropolitan Asylums Board Hospitals four years later, resulting in a post as medical superintendent of the Western Fever Hospital , Fulham, where he remained until retirement. His medical career therefore, was largely spent in the study of infectious diseases and paediatrics. He was elected
352-596: The Philippines , to go hiking in the mountains of Luzon . He returned to study at the University of Exeter , graduating in 1984 with a Bachelor of Arts (BA Hons) in Arabic and Islamic Studies. Gardner was commissioned on 23 May 1984 as a second lieutenant (on probation). On 30 September 1984, he transferred from the general list to the 4th Volunteer Battalion, the Royal Green Jackets , as
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#1732790945812384-808: The University of East Anglia and the Open University . He has also received the McWhirter Award for Bravery, Spain's El Mundo Prize for International Journalism, the Zayed Medal for Journalism and been voted Person of the Year by the UK Press Gazette . He is a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society (FRGS). Gardner remains an enthusiastic skier despite his injuries. After his spinal injury and having attended
416-459: The War on terror . On 6 June 2004, while reporting from Al-Suwaidi , a district of Riyadh , Saudi Arabia , notorious for extremism, Gardner was shot six times and seriously injured in an attack by al-Qaida gunmen. His colleague, Irish cameraman Simon Cumbers , was shot dead. Of the bullets which hit Gardner in his torso (others passed through his shoulder and leg) one hit his spinal nerves and he
448-404: The War on terror . Gardner joined BBC World as a producer and reporter in 1995, and became the BBC's first full-time Gulf correspondent in 1997, before being appointed BBC Middle East correspondent in 1999. On 6 June 2004, while reporting from Al-Suwaidi , a district of Riyadh , Saudi Arabia , Gardner was seriously injured in an attack by al-Qaida gunmen, which left him partially paralysed in
480-552: The history of medicine . Overshadowed by his brother, Sir Humphry Rolleston , he established himself as an epidemiologist , gave the Fitzpatrick Lecture at the Royal College of Physicians in 1935-1936 and became involved in numerous other learned societies and medical bodies, including The Royal Society of Medicine and the Society for the Study and Cure of Inebriety . He became the president of three sections of
512-591: The BBC in mid-2005, using a wheelchair or a frame. Despite his injury, he still frequently reports from the field including places like Afghanistan and Colombia but usually comments on top stories from a BBC studio. One of the gunmen who shot Gardner and Cumbers, Adel al-Dhubaiti, was captured and executed by Saudi authorities in January 2016. In September 2012, he revealed that Queen Elizabeth II had been upset some years earlier that Abu Hamza al-Masri could not be arrested. The BBC apologised later that day for
544-480: The First World War when it was acquired by the military. His interest in infectious diseases was reflected in his handbook on Acute Infectious Diseases , published in 1925, where he highlighted the seriousness of otitis media as a complication of scarlet fever and his experience with the ineffectiveness of using vaccines to treat whooping cough . In 1926, Rolleston became the medical superintendent of
576-691: The Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to journalism. As a Territorial Army officer, he was awarded the Efficiency Decoration (TD) for past years of service on 29 January 2008 and its replacement, the Volunteer Reserves Service Medal (VRSM), on 8 March 2011. He has been awarded Honorary Doctorates of Law by the University of Nottingham , Staffordshire University , the University of Exeter ,
608-628: The Royal Society of Medicine, London, including the History of Medicine Section from 1924 to 1926. John Rolleston was born in Oxford on 25 February 1873 to George Rolleston , Linacre professor of anatomy and physiology at the University of Oxford, and Grace Davy, the niece of Sir Humphry Davy . His brother was Sir Humphry Rolleston (1862–1944). He was educated at Marlborough College , and from 1891 at Brasenose College , University of Oxford, as
640-777: The UK to the Hague in the Netherlands . In 1951, while second secretary at the British Embassy in Czechoslovakia , his father was expelled from the country for espionage activities after an incident in a prohibited military area where he was shot at. His grandfather was physician John Davy Rolleston . Educated at Saint Ronan's School , and Marlborough College , Gardner was pushed by his teachers into taking up biathlon , which enabled him to travel to Austria to train with
672-712: The Yemeni border, Jeddah, Eastern Province and the Riyadh hospital where he recovered from his attack in 2004. In September 2015 Gardner was featured in an episode of the BBC's family history programme Who Do You Think You Are? in which he learned that he was directly descended from William the Conqueror . In 2016 Gardner teamed up with Benedict Allen in the BBC Two two-part documentary Birds of Paradise: The Ultimate Quest . During an expedition to Papua New Guinea , they sought
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#1732790945812704-535: The elusive birds-of-paradise (a life-long ambition of Gardner's as an experienced birdwatcher ), including the King of Saxony . The programme was broadcast on 3 and 10 February 2017. In March 2012, Gardner pulled out of hosting the Counter-Terrorism and Specialist Security Awards (CTSS) amid concerns that this would compromise the BBC's impartiality. In June 2018, Gardner chaired the keynote stage across
736-747: The first two days of the security industry event IFSEC International, taking place in the ExCeL exhibition centre in London. In 2016, Gardner appeared on Channel 4 's coverage of the Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro in his role as President of the GB Ski Club. Being Frank: The Frank Gardner Story was broadcast by BBC Two on 5 November 2020. The documentary explores what is it like to be suddenly disabled. On 24 September 2022, Gardner presented
768-419: The legs. He returned to reporting for the BBC in mid-2005, using a wheelchair or a frame. He has written two non-fiction works as well as a series of novels featuring the fictional SBS officer-turned MI6 operative Luke Carlton. Gardner was born on 31 July 1961. His father and mother, Robert Neil Gardner (1922–2010) and Evelyn Grace Rolleston (1923–2014), were both diplomats, and when he was six he moved from
800-572: The revelation. Gardner has presented a variety of documentaries for the BBC since 2011. In 2011, Gardner presented Tintin's Adventure with Frank Gardner for the BBC, a documentary in which he retraced Hergé's character Tintin 's journey from Brussels to Berlin to Moscow on his first ever adventure – Tintin in the Land of the Soviets . In 2013 Gardner presented a one-hour BBC Two documentary entitled Frank Gardner's Return to Saudi Arabia , visiting
832-407: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Frank_Gardner&oldid=1088003097 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
864-591: The section throughout his life. In 1931, he published one of the most complete biography's of Jean-Baptiste Bouillaud and in 1937, he published The History of the Acute Exanthemata , based on his Fitzpatrick lectures (1935–36), presented at the Royal College of Physicians. Rolleston was a noted folklorist and fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London . Rolleston died on 13 March 1946, his career and reputation somewhat overshadowed by
896-824: Was appointed a captain in the Regular Army Reserve. He returned to the Territorial Army on 24 April 1997, serving in the Educational and Training Services Branch of the Adjutant General's Corps . He was promoted to major in the Territorial Army on 1 July 2006, and retired on 30 July 2021. Gardner worked as a marketing manager for Gulf Exports from 1984 to 1986 and in trading and sales for Saudi International Bank from 1986 to 1990. He worked for five years for Robert Fleming Bank from 1990 to 1995, becoming Director of Middle East. He had
928-603: Was elected President of the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO). BBC Two's Being Frank , his documentary broadcast in November 2020, explored what it is like to become disabled. Gardner spoke candidly of his recent separation from his wife of 22 years; the two remain great friends. John Davy Rolleston John Davy Rolleston FSA FRCP (25 February 1873 – 13 March 1946) was an English physician and folklorist , who published extensively on infectious diseases and
960-609: Was interested in the history and philosophy of medicine, a subject on which he was regarded as an authority. In 1922, he served as general secretary of the International Congress of the History of Medicine held in London and was an original member of the history of medicine section of the Royal Society of Medicine , later a member of its council and eventually its president between 1924 and 1926. He served
992-405: Was left partially paralysed in the legs and since then has used a wheelchair. The pair had continued filming for more than half an hour, against the advice of Gardner's official Saudi Arabian government minders. The Saudi government promised compensation but they have never paid. After 14 surgical operations, seven months in hospital and several months of rehabilitation, he returned to reporting for
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1024-501: Was published in May 2009. Gardner's bestselling first novel, Crisis , featuring the fictional SBS officer-turned MI6 operative Luke Carlton and a ruthless Colombian drug lord, was published in June 2016. His second novel, Ultimatum , was published in June 2018 followed by the third Luke Carlton novel, Outbreak in 2021. In the 2005 Birthday Honours , Gardner was appointed an Officer of
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