Obituary: Sir Anthony Dawson

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Anthony Michael Dawson, physician: born 8 May 1928; Physician, St Bartholomew's Hospital 1965-86, Consulting Physician 1986-97; Physician, King Edward VII Hospital for Officers 1968-97; Physician to the Royal Household 1974-82, to the Queen 1982-93; Head of HM Medical Household 1989-93; KCVO 1993; married 1956 Anne Forsyth (two daughters); died 25 September 1997.

Anthony Dawson was one of the outstanding physicians of his generation; a formidable academic gastroenterologist and a compassionate practitioner of the art of medicine.

I first saw him when he was appointed consultant physician at St Bartholomew's Hospital in 1965. I had just graduated and attended his …