Martin Roth (psychiatrist)

Sir Martin Roth  (6 November 1917, Budapest – 26 September 2006, Cambridge) was a British psychiatrist.

He was Professor of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, 1977–85, then Professor Emeritus, and was a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge from 1977.  He was one of the pioneers in developing Psychogeriatrics as a subspecialty. Roth was also a trustee of the Schizophrenia Research Fund, a charity founded by Miriam Rothschild.

He is buried in Cambridge City Cemetery.

Early life
Roth was born in Budapest, Austria-Hungary, on 6 November 1917. He was the son of a synagogue cantor.

Honours
Martin Roth was knighted in the 1972 New Year Honours List. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 1996.

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