Sydney Brandon

Background

Brandon, Sydney was born on September 20, 1927 in Washington, England. Son of Thomas and Rhoda May (Rook) Brandon.

Education

Graduate, Rutherford College, Newcastle upon Tyne, England, 1944; graduate, Queen's U., Belfast, Northern Ireland, 1945; Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, U. Durham, England, 1954; Doctor of Medicine, U. Durham, England, 1960.

Career

Nuffield research fellow in child health, U. Durham, 1953-1959; senior registrar, lecturer, U. Newcastle, England, 1959-1963; Nuffield senior lecturer, U. Newcastle, England, 1965-1969; visiting fellow in psychiatry, Columbia University, New York City, 1963-1965; reader in psychiatry, U. Manchester, England, 1969-1973; professor psychiatry, U. Leicester, England, since 1973. Chairman Training Advisory Group on Sexual Abuse of Children, London, since 1986. Public orator U. Leicester, 1979-1981, 87-.

Psychiatric advisor Royal Air Force, since 1981.

Achievements

• Sydney Brandon has been listed as a noteworthy Psychiatry educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow Royal College Physicians, Royal College Psychiatrists, Royal Society Medicine (vice president psychiatry section). Member Association University Teachers Psychiatry (chairman 1980-1986).

Interests

• Avocations: medical history and collecting, travel, swimming.

Connections

Married Joanne Watson, April 5, 1950. Children: Helene Anne, Victoria Jane.

Father:

Thomas Brandon

Mother:

Rhoda May (Rook) Brandon

Spouse:

Joanne Watson

child:

Helene Anne Brandon

child:

Victoria Jane Brandon