Background
Epstein, Anthony was born on May 18, 1921 in London. Son of Mortimer Epstein and Olga Oppenheimer.
Epstein, Anthony was born on May 18, 1921 in London. Son of Mortimer Epstein and Olga Oppenheimer.
Master of Arts, University Cambridge, 1949. Doctor of Medicine, University Cambridge, 1951. Doctor of Philosophy, University London, 1952.
Doctor of Science, University London, 1963. Doctor of Medicine (honorary), University Edinburgh, 1986. Master of Arts, University Oxford, 1987.
Doctor of Science (honorary), University Birmingham, 1996. Doctor of Medicine (honorary), Charles University, Prague, 1998.
House surgeon Middlesex Hospital, London, 1944, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, England, 1944. Assistant pathologist Middlesex Hospital Medical School, London, 1948—1965, reader, 1965—1968. Head department pathology University Bristol, 1968—1982, professor pathology, 1968—1985.
Extraordinary, then honorary fellow Wolfson College, Oxford, England, since 1985. Honorary consultant United Bristol Hospitals, 1968—1982. Past chairman or member of various boards and committees including Medical Research Council, United Kingdom, United States National Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, International Union Against Cancer, Cancer Research Campaign, United Kingdom, Leukaemia Research Fund, United Kingdom, European Science Foundation, World Bank China Key Studies, International Council of Scientific Unions.
Captain Royal Army Medical Corps, 1945-1947.
Fellow: Royal Society London (past council member, past vice president, past foreign secretary), Academy Medical Science, Royal College Pathologists, Royal College Pathologists Australasia (honorary), Royal Society Edinburgh (honorary), Royal College Physicians (honorary).
3 children.