William Linford Llewellyn Rees (24 October 1914 – 29 July 2004) was a Welsh psychiatrist, who was professor of

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, London, and president of the

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from 1975 to 1978. Rees was born at

Burry Port Burry Port ( cy, Porth Tywyn) is a port town and community in Carmarthenshire, Wales, on the Loughor estuary (Moryd Llwchwr), to the west of Llanelli and south-east of Kidwelly. Its population was recorded at 5,680 in the 2001 census and 6, ...

, the elder son of Edward Parry Rees, a Welsh-speaking teacher, and his wife Mary. He studied at Llanelli Grammar School. He obtained his medical degree from the Welsh National School of Medicine in 1938. After postgraduate education at the

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in London, he developed a specialism in

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and worked closely with

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. He later worked at Whitchurch Hospital in Cardiff and again at the Maudsley, before taking up his academic post at St Bartholomew's in 1996. He was appointed CBE in 1978.

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1914 births 2004 deaths Fellows of the Royal College of Psychiatrists People from Burry Port Welsh psychiatrists Welsh-speaking academics {{UK-med-bio-stub