Peter was born in Amersham in 1944 to Bertha and Alfred Riechenbaum. He was a Consultant radiologist at the University College Hospital in London, as well as an honorary lecturer at the medical school. After being diagnosed with Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, a lung disease with no known cause or cure, he sadly died 18 months later on 3rd December 2003, aged just 59. As well as writing numerous medical text books which are still in print today, and are seen as timeless pieces, he wrote "the lost synagogues of London" which he lovingly wrote a few years before his death and has had two editions printed. A lecture is held once a year at the University College London in his memory. He was a doting and loving father to his five children and wife, and leaves many fond memories in all our hearts. This disease also took the life of his brother George who died a few years later, to which this fund is also dedicated to. i wish for this fund to hopefully help the British lung foundation find a cure for this disease, so that no family will have to suffer in the way ours has. Any small donation is greatly appreciated. Peter spent his medical career helping people in need and through this fund his memory will live on to help people in the future , the way im sure he would have wanted.