Sir Edward Eric Pochin CBE FRCP (22 September 1909 – 29 January 1990) was a British physician, a specialist in the dangers of ionizing radiation.[1] From 1946 to 1974, he directed the Medical Research Council's department of clinical research.
Edward Pochin
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| Born | 22 September 1909 |
| Died | 29 January 1990 |
Edward E.Pochin attended St.John's College, Oxford, and qualified in medicine at University College Hospital (UCL), London, in 1935.[2]
He directed the Medical Research Council's department of clinical research from 1946 to 1974.[3] At UCL he worked with Keith Halnan.[4]
Pochin served as advisor to the leading counsel for the British Government and expert witness at the Royal Commission into British nuclear tests in Australia in 1984–1987.[5]
He married Constance Margaret Julia Tilly in 1940. They had two children. His wife died in 1971.[2]
He was appointed a CBE in 1959, and appointed Knight Bachelor in 1975.[3] In 1982 he was awarded Gold Medal for Radiation Protection.[6]
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