Martin Roth (psychiatrist)
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Martin Roth | |
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| Born | 6 November 1917 |
| Died | September 26, 2006 (aged 88) Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England |
| Burial place | Cambridge City Cemetery |
| Occupation(s) | Academic and research |
| Awards | Fellow of the Royal Society |
| Academic background | |
| Education | St Mary's Hospital, London Maida Vale Hospital for Nervous Diseases Maudsley Hospital |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Medicine |
| Sub-discipline | Psychiatry |
| Institutions | Newcastle University University of Cambridge |
Sir Martin Roth FRS (6 November 1917 – 26 September 2006) was a British psychiatrist, academic, and researcher. He was a leading figure in British psychiatry, especially in the study of mental illness and mental disorders of the elderly. He was the co-author of Clinical Psychiatry, an influential textbook that was used in England from 1954 through the 1980s.