Background
Edwards, Christopher Watkin was born on February 12, 1942 in Irvinestown, Northern Ireland. Son of Thomas Watkin and Beatrice Elizabeth (Telfer) Edwards.
Edwards, Christopher Watkin was born on February 12, 1942 in Irvinestown, Northern Ireland. Son of Thomas Watkin and Beatrice Elizabeth (Telfer) Edwards.
Bachelor, U. Cambridge, England, 1963; Master of Arts, U. Cambridge, England, 1967; Bachelor of Medicine, BChir., U. Cambridge, England, 1966; Doctor of Medicine, U. Cambridge, England, 1974.
House surgeon, Norfolk & Norwich Hospital, 1966;
house physician, St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London, 1967;
lecturer medicine, St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London, 1969-1975;
senior lecturer, St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London, 1975-1980;
house physician, Brompton Hospital, London, 1968;
house physician, Hammersmith Hospital, London, 1968;
professor clinical medicine, U. Edinburgh, Scotland, 1980-1995;
dean faculty of medicine, U. Edinburgh, Scotland, 1991-1995;
provost, U. Edinburgh, Scotland, 1992-1995;
professor medicine, U. London, since 1995;
principal, Imperial College School Medicine, since 1995. Travelling fellow National Institutes of Health, 1972-1973. Medical Research Council senior research fellow, 1979-1980, member county, 1991-1995, member system board, 1988-1991, chairman grants committee A, 1990-1991.
Member physiology and pharmacology panel Wellcome Trust, 1988-1991, governor,1994-. Member chairs committee British Heart Foundation, 1987-1994.
Fellow Royal College Physicians (Nessie Ross lecturer 1984, Oliver Sharpey lecturer 1991), Royal Society Edinburgh.
Married Sally Amanda Kidd, April 6, 1968. Children: Adam, Kate, Crispin.
