Lionel Haward

Lionel Richard Charles Haward, FBPsS (1920–1998) was a British clinical psychologist and academic, who has been described as the "father of British forensic psychology". Following service with the Royal Air Force Police during the Second World War, he worked in the National Health Service in psychiatric hospitals. He led a successful campaign to allow psychologists to testify as experts in court in England, and was then himself an expert witness at a number of high-profile trials. He latterly taught at the University of Surrey, rising to become Professor of Clinical Psychology.