Sir Edward Eric Pochin

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FRCP (22 September 1909 – 29 January 1990) was a British physician, a specialist in the dangers of

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. He attended St.John's College, Oxford, and qualified in medicine at

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, London, in 1935. He married Constance Margaret Julia Tilly in 1940. They had two children. His wife died in 1971. He directed the Medical Research Council's department of clinical research from 1946 to 1974. Pochin served as advisor to the leading counsel for the British Government and expert witness at the

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in 1984–1987.

Awards and recognition

He was appointed a CBE in 1959, and appointed

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in 1975. He was awarded Gold Medal for Radiation Protection in 1981.

References

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