Sir Edward Eric Pochin CBE FRCP (22 September 1909 – 29 January 1990) was a British physician, a specialist in the dangers of ionizing radiation.[1] From 1946 to 1974, he directed the Medical Research Council's department of clinical research.
Edward Pochin | |
|---|---|
| Born | 22 September 1909 |
| Died | 29 January 1990 |
Biography
editEdward E.Pochin attended St.John's College, Oxford, and qualified in medicine at University College Hospital (UCL), London, in 1935.[2]
He directed the Medical Research Council's department of clinical research from 1946 to 1974.[3] At UCL he worked with Keith Halnan.[4]
Pochin served as advisor to the leading counsel for the British Government and expert witness at the Royal Commission into British nuclear tests in Australia in 1984–1987.[5]
Personal and family
editHe married Constance Margaret Julia Tilly in 1940. They had two children. His wife died in 1971.[2]
Awards and recognition
editHe was appointed a CBE in 1959, and appointed Knight Bachelor in 1975.[3] In 1982 he was awarded Gold Medal for Radiation Protection.[6]
Selected publications
edit- HALNAN KE; POCHIN EE (March 1958). "Radioiodine and thyroid hormone in the treatment of thyroid carcinoma". Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental. 7 (2): 184. ISSN 0026-0495. PMID 13516471. (Co-author)
- Edward Pochin, 1983, Nuclear Radiation: Risks and Benefits, Clarendon Press, Oxford
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Clarke, R. H. (2006). "Pochin, Sir Edward Eric (1909–1990)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/40078. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ a b "Sir Edward Eric Pochin | RCP Museum". history.rcplondon.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 27 August 2023. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
- ^ a b "Obituary". British Medical Journal. 300 (6723): 531–533. 24 February 1990. doi:10.1136/bmj.300.6723.531. ISSN 0959-8138. S2CID 220185573.
- ^ "Keith Edward Halnan | RCP Museum". Archived from the original on 29 August 2023. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
- ^ "ParlInfo - British Nuclear Tests in Australia - Royal Commission (President: Mr Justice J.R. McClelland) - Report, dated 20 November 1985 - Volume 1". parlinfo.aph.gov.au. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
- ^ "ICRP". www.icrp.org. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
Further reading
edit- "Radiation in MRC supported research in the 1950s and 1960s. Report of a Committee of Enquiry. 1998. PP.19-20
External links
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