Sir Edward Eric Pochin
CBE
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FRCP (22 September 1909 – 29 January 1990) was a British physician. He was specialist in the dangers of
ionizing radiation
Ionizing (ionising) radiation, including Radioactive decay, nuclear radiation, consists of subatomic particles or electromagnetic waves that have enough energy per individual photon or particle to ionization, ionize atoms or molecules by detaching ...
.
From 1946 to 1974, he directed the
Medical Research Council's department of clinical research.
Biography
Born 22 September 1909, Pochin attended
St John's College, Oxford
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, and qualified in medicine at
University College Hospital
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(UCL), London, in 1935.
He directed the Medical Research Council's department of clinical research from 1946 to 1974.
At UCL he worked with
Keith Halnan.
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
The McClelland Royal Commission or Royal Commission into British nuclear tests in Australia was an inquiry by the Government of Australia, Australian government in 1984–1985 to investigate the conduct of the United Kingdom, British in its use, ...
in 1984–1987.
He married Constance Margaret Julia Tilly in 1940. They had two children. His wife died in 1971.
[ He died on 29 January 1990, aged 80.
]
Awards and recognition
He was appointed a CBE in 1959, and appointed Knight Bachelor
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in 1975.[ In 1982, he was awarded Gold Medal for Radiation Protection.]
Selected publications
* (Co-author)
*Edward Pochin, 1983, ''Nuclear Radiation: Risks and Benefits'', Clarendon Press, Oxford
See also
*Robin Auld
Sir Robin Ernest Auld, (born 19 July 1937) is a former Lord Justice of Appeal in the Court of Appeal of England and Wales.
Early life and career
Born in Staines to Adelaide ( Mackie) and Ernest Auld, a toolmaker who later became a publica ...
*McClelland Royal Commission
The McClelland Royal Commission or Royal Commission into British nuclear tests in Australia was an inquiry by the Australian government in 1984–1985 to investigate the conduct of the British in its use, with the then Australian government's per ...
References
Further reading
"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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1909 births
1990 deaths
Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians
20th-century British medical doctors
Knights Bachelor
People from Cheshire (before 1974)