Cedric Keith Simpson, who lived from 1907 to 1985, was an English forensic pathologist who served as Professor of Forensic Medicine at the University of London's Guy's Hospital and lectured at Oxford. He worked on high-profile murder investigations including the 1949 Acid Bath Murders and the 1966 killing of George Cornell, pioneered forensic dentistry, and brought early attention to what came to be called battered child syndrome in 1965. London's first Home Office-approved forensic pathologist, he wrote widely used forensic science texts and a bestselling autobiography, Forty Years of Murder.
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BirthplaceBrighton, Sussex, England 1 Defining ContributionPioneered forensic dentistry and identified battered baby syndrome 1 Notable WorkForty Years of Murder (autobiography, 1978) 2 Connections
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Keith Simpson was born in 1907 in Brighton, Sussex, where his father was a general practitioner.
Career section
He pioneered forensic dentistry, and was prominent in alerting physicians and others in 1965 to a previously under-diagnosed form of child abuse that he termed battered baby syndrome.
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Cedric Keith Simpson (20 July 1907-21 July 1985) was an English forensic pathologist.
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His autobiography Forty years of murder..., London, Harrap, was published in 1978
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He pioneered forensic dentistry, and was prominent in alerting physicians and others in 1965 to a previously under-diagnosed form of child abuse
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