Dr Richard Kent is a retired medical doctor. He was born in 1946, and trained at the Middlesex Hospital in London. He qualified in 1969, at the age of 22. He met his wife, Val, a staff nurse in Casualty, soon after qualifying, and they have been a very happy couple ever since. Richard and Val married in 1971, and have three daughters, Emma, Sarah, and Lucy. In 1973 Richard joined a very large medical practice in the UK with eight partners and 18,000 patients.

One of Richard's patients was a 4 year-old boy who died with leukaemia. The little boy died whilst Richard was actually treating him at home. This greatly distressed the poor parents, and it greatly upset Richard as well. Following this, Richard and Val were "seeking" for some meaning to life. In his job as a GP Richard was very familiar with death at all ages, and wanted to know the answer to the following three questions:

Where do we all come from?
Why are we here?
Where do we go next?


Richard soon became interested in the research into Near Death Experiences by the American consultant cardiologist, Dr. Maurice Rawlings. This interest was the beginning of Richard's research into the experiences of clinically dead patients who were resuscitated, and reported Near Death Experiences.

Richard retired from General Practice in 1997. He is now a very part time unpaid conference speaker, evangelist, Bible teacher and author. His wife, Mrs Val Kent, is a retired nurse, and works closely with Richard. They are both ordained ministers.