Bernard Knight
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Professor Bernard Knight CBE |
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| Born |
3 May 1931 Cardiff, Wales |
| Occupation | Doctor and Lawyer |
| Genre | Crime Fiction |
| Notable awards | Commander of the Order of the British Empire |
Bernard Henry Knight, CBE (born 3 May 1931) is a British forensic pathologist and writer. He became a Home Office pathologist in 1965 and was appointed Professor of Forensic Pathology, University of Wales College of Medicine, in 1980.
Knight was born on 3 May 1931 in Cardiff, Wales. Upon failing to gain a place to study agriculture, he began work at the Cardiff Royal Infirmary as a lab technician. He studied medicine at the Welsh National School of Medicine, University of Wales. He graduated in 1954 Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery.
As part of National Service, Knight was commissioned into the Royal Army Medical Corps on 3 September 1956 as a lieutenant. On 12 September 1956, he transferred from the National Service List to the Regular Army and was given seniority in the rank of lieutenant from 29 August 1955. He was promoted to captain on 12 September 1956 with seniority from 29 August 1956. He served as a medical officer in Malaya during the Malayan Emergency.
On 12 September 1959, he transferred to the Regular Army Reserve of Officers, signalling the end of his military service. He ceased to belong to the reserve on 12 September 1964 .
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