Roth, Sir Martin
ROTH, SIR MARTIN
ROTH, SIR MARTIN (1917– ), British psychiatrist. Born in Budapest and educated at the University of London, Roth became professor of psychology at Newcastle University (1956–77) and was subsequently the first professor of psychology at Cambridge University, retiring in 1985. Roth served as the first president of the Royal College of Psychiatrists in 1971–75. His best-known work is probably The Reality of Mental Illness (1986), written with Jerome Kroll. Roth also wrote widely on Alzheimer's Disease. He was knighted in 1972.
[William D. Rubinstein (2nd ed.)]
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