Robert Kilpatrick, Baron Kilpatrick Of Kincraig
Robert Kilpatrick, Baron Kilpatrick of Kincraig, Order of the British Empire, CBE (29 July 1926 – 16 September 2015) was a British physician, educator, academician, and former President of the General Medical Council. Life Kilpatrick was educated at Buckhaven High School, and studied medicine at Edinburgh University, graduating in 1949 with a Bachelor of Surgery (Ch.B.). Having suffered from tuberculosis when he was younger and been one of the first patients to be treated with the antibiotic streptomycin, Kilpatrick was a patron of the charity TB Alert. He died in 2015 at the age of 89. He is buried in Dean Cemetery immediately to the south-west of the main entrance. Career He served as lecturer and dean at University of Sheffield, Sheffield, University of Leicester, Leicester, University of Dundee, Dundee and University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh Universities. Appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1979, he was Knight Bachelor, knighted in 1986. Ann ...
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Order Of The British Empire
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established on 4 June 1917 by King George V and comprises five classes across both civil and military divisions, the most senior two of which make the recipient either a knight if male or dame if female. There is also the related British Empire Medal, whose recipients are affiliated with, but not members of, the order. Recommendations for appointments to the Order of the British Empire were originally made on the nomination of the United Kingdom, the self-governing Dominions of the Empire (later Commonwealth) and the Viceroy of India. Nominations continue today from Commonwealth countries that participate in recommending British honours. Most Commonwealth countries ceased recommendations for appointments to the Order of the British Empire when they ...
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