| Description | Sound recording of Professor William Linford Llewellyn Rees, CBE, FRCP, FRCPsych (1914-2004) in conversation with an unknown interviewer [possible material for a Hans Eysenck biography], 1979.
Running time: 10mins.
Short biograhy:
William Linford Llewelyn Rees, psychiatrist and physician: born Burry Port, Carmarthenshire 24 October 1914; Consultant Physician, Bethlem Royal Hospital and Maudsley Hospital 1954-66; Recognised Clinical Teacher in Mental Diseases, Institute of Psychiatry, London University 1956-78; Chairman, Research and Clinical Section, Royal Medico-Psychological Association 1957-63; President, Society for Psychosomatic Research 1957-58; Lecturer in Psychological Medicine, St Bartholomew's Medical College 1958-66, Professor of Psychiatry 1966-80 (Emeritus); Treasurer, World Psychiatric Association 1966-78; President, Royal College of Psychiatrists 1975-78; President, BMA 1978-79; CBE 1978; Medical Director, Charter Clinic 1980-89; Consulting Physician, St Bartholomew's Hospital 1981-2004; Director and Medical Adviser, Huntercombe Manor Hospital 1989-2004.
Interview AUD/001/37 could be research material for a book: 'Hans Eysenck: The Man and His Work' by H B Gibson 1981.
However please take care since the audio recordings hint that this may be the case but further confirmation is required. |
| AdminHistory | William Linford Llewelyn Rees, psychiatrist and physician: born Burry Port, Carmarthenshire 24 October 1914; Consultant Physician, Bethlem Royal Hospital and Maudsley Hospital 1954-66; Recognised Clinical Teacher in Mental Diseases, Institute of Psychiatry, London University 1956-78; Chairman, Research and Clinical Section, Royal Medico-Psychological Association 1957-63; President, Society for Psychosomatic Research 1957-58; Lecturer in Psychological Medicine, St Bartholomew's Medical College 1958-66, Professor of Psychiatry 1966-80 (Emeritus); Treasurer, World Psychiatric Association 1966-78; President, Royal College of Psychiatrists 1975-78; President, BMA 1978-79; CBE 1978; Medical Director, Charter Clinic 1980-89; Consulting Physician, St Bartholomew's Hospital 1981-2004; Director and Medical Adviser, Huntercombe Manor Hospital 1989-2004, President 1992-2004; married 1940 Catherine Thomas (died 1993; two sons, two ) |
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