An endless curiosity has made Dr. Bacon one of rheumatology’s foremost promoters of collaborative, investigator-driven efforts. “He’s not an archetypical Brit,” quips Dr. Scott. “You know, they are supposed to sit, moan and complain, and find reasons not to do things. He’s either got an Australian or an American approach, because he’s very much a can-do person.”
The indefatigable Dr. Bacon seems to fully relish each of his current passions. During his time off, he and his wife like to “escape to France and go wine tasting and hill walking,” he says. At home, there is the garden with its endless particularities and delights. “I have planted some camellias in my front garden, and I think, at last, have found a place with sufficient shelter for them to grow,” he says. And in part of that garden, in memory of his former biology teacher, to whom he “owes a great deal,” he has planted some old fashioned cottage garden roses.
Gretchen Henkel is writing the “Metrics in Rheumatology” series.
