Background
CARSTAIRS, George was born on June 18, 1916 in Mussoorie, India. Son of late Reverend George Carstairs, D.D, and of Elizabeth H. Carstairs.
CARSTAIRS, George was born on June 18, 1916 in Mussoorie, India. Son of late Reverend George Carstairs, D.D, and of Elizabeth H. Carstairs.
George Watson’s College, Edinburgh and Edinburgh University.
Fellow, United States of America 1948-1949, Rockefeller Research Fellow, India 1950-1951, Henderson Research Scholar, India 1951-1952. Registrar, Maudsley Hospital, London 1953. Scientific Staff, Medical Research Council Social Psychiatry Research Unit 1954-1960, Honorary Consultant, Maudsley Hospital 1956-1960.
Director Medical Research Council Unit for Research on Epidemiology of Psychiatric Illness 1960-1971.
Professor, of Psychiatry, University of Edinburgh 1961-1973. Vice-Chancellor, University of York 1974-1978.
Visiting Professor, of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro-Sciences, Bangalore, India 1978-1981. Lecturer 1962; President World Federation for Mental Health 1967-1971.
Fellow, Woodrow" Wilson Center for Institute Scholars, Washington, District of Columbia 1981-1982.
Married Vera Hunt in 1950.