Admin History | Ransom Pickard (1867-1953), physician and surgeon, Mayor of Exeter, served in the First World War in which he was mentioned in despatches five times. He was Sheriff of Exeter in 1906-1907, and Mayor 1926-1927. He was sometime President of the Devonshire Association, and on his death he bequeathed many volumes to the University, having previously been a great benefactor. He died 9 on Feb 1953. |