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OBITUARY
AndrewHart Lockie
Dr Andrew Hart Lockie 2nd March 1947–30th April 2004
It is with great sadness that I write of the sudden deathof Dr Andrew Lockie aged 57, at the Royal SurreyCounty Hospital in Guildford on Friday morning 30thApril 2004.Andy Lockie, as he was known to most of us, was
born in Glasgow and grew up as an only child in thecentral lowlands of Scotland. He studied Medicine atAberdeen University and moved to London aftergraduation to study at the Royal London Homeo-pathic Hospital where he gained his membership of theFaculty of Homeopathy in 1974. After a short stint inNHS general practice in Oxfordshire, Andy went backinto hospital work to gain his diploma in Obstetricsand Gynaecology and certificate in Family Planningbefore returning to general practice in the New Forestto gain his membership of the Royal College ofGeneral Practitioners.In 1978, Andy returned to London to open his first
homeopathic practice in Ealing. Once successfullyestablished, he opened two branch surgeries in Surreyand was then invited to become medical director ofEnton Hall, a leading natural health centre in the UKat that time. There Andy developed his interest innaturopathy and dietary approaches to healing, ablend that was to significantly influence his ownholistic approach to treating illness.Andy proceeded to establish a very successful
private practice at Guildford in integrated medicine—in which he enlisted the services of a homeopathiccolleague, Dr Nuria Booth, as well as a counsellor, achartered physiotherapist, an acupuncturist and chi-nese herbalist, a nutritionist, a Pilates teacher and apersonal trainer, all ably run by his practice managerPat Webb. Latterly the practice had expanded to twosatellite locations in Harley Street and Loxwood. Notonly working on the ground, but also in cyber space,Andy’s website was, and is, a leader in its field forpatient help, ease of navigation, and excellence ofdesign.
Despite his busy practice, Andy also became apopular and able teacher of others. As a foundermember of the Homeopathic Physician’s TeachingGroup in 1992, he taught homeopathy to doctors withthe partnership in Oxford for the next 5 years, as well asbecoming homeopathic consultant to the Journal ofAlternative and Complementary Medicine. He wrotenumerous articles for both the medical and lay press,invariably championing homeopathy on behalf of theFaculty as its appointed press officer against a some-times hostile press. In a rather publicity shy profession,Andy courageously stood out by his willingness toengage with the media and speak up for homeopathyand its place in integrated medicine. He also mademany radio and TV appearances, one notably as guesthomeopathic doctor on the Pete Murray Show on LBC.As if this were not enough, Andy also wrote and
successfully produced five books within 11 years: TheFamily Guide to Homeopathy, Elm Tree Books, 1989;The Women’s Guide to Homeopathy (co-author DrNicola Geddes), Hamish Hamilton, 1992; The Com-plete Guide to Homeopathy (co-author Dr NicolaGeddes), Dorling Kindersley, 1995; The Natural Diet(co-author Jeanette Marshall), Penguin, 1997; TheEncyclopaedia of Homeopathy, Dorling Kindersley,2000.A Service of Thanksgiving for Andy’s Life was held
at Guildford Cathedral on Monday 17th May,attended by well over 400 members of his family,friends, medical and homeopathic colleagues andpatients. During the service, a tribute was given byhis friend and medical colleague, Dr David Owen, whospoke of Andy’s rich and full home and family life withhis wife Babs and their four children on the one hand,and on the other his productive and at times hecticprofessional life. He praised Andy for so courageouslycharting his own medical path outside the usual careerstructures of his day; his tenacious thoroughness andpatience in homeopathic prescribing; his care andcompassion for anyone in trouble, as well as his ever-ready sense of humour. For relaxation he would oftenplay his guitar and would be remembered by many ofhis students not only for lecturing without notes butalso for singing without them!Without doubt, Andy had that winning combination
of passion and determination to succeed that made himplay hard and work hard at what he believed in,managing to pack so much into his all too short life.He achieved his aim of establishing homeopathicpractice within a broad integrated medical approach,using a skilled multidisciplinary team. Through hiswriting, Andy successfully converted the sometimesarchaic language of old homeopathic texts into modern
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Homeopathy (2004) 93, 168–169r 2004 The Faculty of Homeopathy
doi:10.1016/j.homp.2004.06.001, available online at www.sciencedirect.com
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terms easily accessible to the general public—a feat ofindustry which has without doubt contributed greatlyto the further popular spread of homeopathy and itsgrowing legitimacy as a scientific discipline in the eyesof the medical profession as a whole.Fittingly in 2002, in recognition of his work, Andy
was awarded Fellowship of the Faculty of Homeop-athy, an achievement of which he was justifiably proud.
Andy is survived by his wife Babs, and their fourchildren, David, Kirsty, Alastair and Sandy. Our heartfelt thoughts are with them all at this time.
Alice Greene86 Harley Street,
London W1G 7HP, UKE-mail: [email protected]
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