Martin Roth
Encyclopedia
Professor Sir Martin Roth FRS (6 November 1917, Budapest
- 26 September 2006, Cambridge
) was a British
psychiatrist
.
He was Professor of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge
, 1977–85, then Professor Emeritus, and was a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge
from 1977. He was one of the pioneers in developing Psychogeriatrics as a subspecialty.
Budapest
Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...
- 26 September 2006, Cambridge
Cambridge
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) was a British
Great Britain
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psychiatrist
Psychiatry
Psychiatry is the medical specialty devoted to the study and treatment of mental disorders. These mental disorders include various affective, behavioural, cognitive and perceptual abnormalities...
.
He was Professor of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
, 1977–85, then Professor Emeritus, and was a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge
Trinity College, Cambridge
Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Trinity has more members than any other college in Cambridge or Oxford, with around 700 undergraduates, 430 graduates, and over 170 Fellows...
from 1977. He was one of the pioneers in developing Psychogeriatrics as a subspecialty.