Robert Arnott (born 1951) is a British medical archaeologist, who was sub-dean of medicine, director of the Centre for the History of Medicine (which he founded), and, unusually, director of the Institute of Medical Law in the
University of Birmingham Medical School
The University of Birmingham Medical School is one of Britain's largest and oldest medical schools with over 400 medical, 70 pharmacy, 140 biomedical science and 130 nursing students graduating each year. It is based at the University of Birmi ...
, until his forced early retirement in 2008. He was succeeded as director of the Centre for the History of Medicine by the medical historian Dr Jonathan Reinarz. He is also a visiting lecturer and module director for the Special Studies Programme in Ancient Medicine for the University of Oxford Medical School.
Robert Arnott was director of the Birmingham Medical Institute and regional sub-dean of the
Royal Society of Medicine
The Royal Society of Medicine (RSM) is a medical society based at 1 Wimpole Street, London, UK. It is a registered charity, with admission through membership. Its Chief Executive is Michele Acton.
History
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. He is also a vice-president of the Society for Ancient Medicine and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.
His research interests and most of his publications, which include three books and over sixty papers centre on disease and medicine in the Aegean and Anatolian Bronze Ages.
Arnott died on August 31, 2024.
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Living people
1951 births
21st-century British archaeologists
British Jews
People from Watford
Alumni of University College London
20th-century British archaeologists