Background
Kirman, Brian Herbert was born on February 14, 1910 in Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, England. Son of Arthur Robert and Ellen Kirman.
Kirman, Brian Herbert was born on February 14, 1910 in Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, England. Son of Arthur Robert and Ellen Kirman.
Bachelor of Science, King"s College and Hospital, London, 1933, Doctor of Medicine Doctorate.P.M., 1936. House physician London hospitals, 1933-1935. Assistant psychiatrist, 1935-1941.
Deputy physician, superintendent Fountain Hospital, London, 1946-1948.
Consultant psychiatrist National Health Service, London, 1948-1983. Director research Fountain Hospital, London, 1953-1965.
Honorary associate physician Maudsley and Saint George"s Hospital, London, 1959-1983. Lecturer regarding mental handicap to Maudsley Hospital and other medical schools, London, since 1946.
Chairman research committee Institute for Research into Mental Retardation United Kingdom, since 1965.
Served to major Royal Army Medical Corporation, 1941-1946. Fellow Royal Society Medicine, Royal College Psychiatrists. Member British Medical Association, Socialist Medical Association (honorary secretary 1936).
Socialist.
Married Tatiana Mikhailovna Zaitseva, 1948. Children– Eric Brian, Alan Peter, Joan Veronica.