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Though Roger Bannister is most commonly known for his sub-four-minute mile, he also lived a sucessful life.
Roger Bannister and his wife Moyra (Image courtesy of Bring Back the Mile)
The Bannister family (Image courtesy of Oxford Mail)
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Roger Bannister is not only known for his running, but also his career as a neurologist. In 1954, Roger Bannister and three other runners met with Winston Churchill to raise money for reconstruction of local churches. A year later, he married his fiancé Moyra, in Switzerland. Within a few years, they had four children; Clive, Erin, Charlotte, and Thurstan. He also joined the Royal Army Medical Corps shortly after his graduation from Oxford, starting out as a lieutenant.
After he retired from his running career in 1955, he graduated from Oxford University with a medical degree. He became a neurologist and studied an array of topics ranging from blood pressure to fainting. Roger Bannister was so devoted to neurology that he stated, “I’d rather be remembered for neurology than running.”
Photo: Roger Bannister running with his children (Image courtesy of The Gaudrian)
Newspaper which Roger Bannister is featured in (Image courtesy of Manchester Gaurdian)
In 1975, he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth the Second of England. Bannister retired from neurology in 1993. Shotly after his retirement he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, a disease that causes slowness and tremors. On March 3rd, 2018, he died in Oxford from complications with this disease and was buried here where he still remains.
Roger Bannisters Grave in Oxford (Image courtesy of Find a Grave)