- Robert Evan Kendell
Robert Evan Kendell (1935-2002) was a Welsh psychiatrist.
He attended
Cambridge Medical School and after a brief stint in internal medicine he joined theMaudsley Hospital . He trained under the likes of SirAubrey Lewis andAlwyn Lishman and was here awarded theGaskell Medal .At the age of 38 he was appointed to the chair of psychiatry in Edinburgh. In 1990 he was made the Dean of the Medical School and four years later was made the Chief Medical Officer of Scotland. In 1997 he was elected the president of the Royal College of Psychiatrists and elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
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