Michael Rutter
British child psychiatrist (1933 – 2021) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sir Michael Llewellyn Rutter CBE FRS[1] FRCP FRCPsych FMedSci (15 August 1933 – 23 October 2021) was the first person to be appointed professor of child psychiatry in the United Kingdom. He has been described as the "father of child psychiatry".[2]
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Sir Michael Rutter | |
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Born | Michael Llewellyn Rutter (1933-08-15)15 August 1933 |
Died | 23 October 2021(2021-10-23) (aged 88) |
Alma mater | University of Birmingham Medical School |
Awards | Joseph Zubin Award (2003) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Child psychiatry |
Institutions | |
Thesis | Illness in parents and children (1963) |
Website | Official website |
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Rutter was professor of developmental psychopathology at the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, and consultant psychiatrist at the Maudsley Hospital, a post he held from 1966 until retiring in July 2021.
A survey published in Review of General Psychology in 2002 ranked Rutter as the 68th most cited psychologist of the 20th century.[3]
He died of cancer on 23 October 2021, aged 88.[4]