Mason, J. K. (John Kenyon)

LC control no.	n 50067096
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Mason, J. K. (John Kenyon) *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Mason, John Kenyon Mason, Kenyon Mason, Ken, 1919-2017
Biography/History note	John Kenyon Mason has the following degrees: M.D., D.C.P.
Associated place	Edinburgh (Scotland)
Birth date	1919-12-19
Death date	2017-01-26
Place of birth	Lahore (Pakistan)
Field of activity	Aviation medicine Medical jurisprudence
Affiliation	University of Edinburgh
Found in	His Aviation accident pathology, 1962. His Medico-legal aspects of reproduction and parenthood, c1990: (J.K. Mason, CBE, MD, LLD, FRCPath, DMJ) data sheet (b. 12-19-19) Law and medical ethics, c2002: t.p. (J. K. Mason) cover p. 4 (prof. Kenyon Mason, regius prof. emeritus of forensic medicine in the Univ. of Edinburgh) Scotsman WWW site, viewed Feb. 16, 2017 (Professor Ken Mason, medical jurisprudence pioneer; born: 19 December, 1919; died: 26 January, 2017, aged 97; Emeritus Professor John Kenyon French Mason, CBE, MD, LLD, FRC Path, FRCPE, FRSE regius professor of forensic medicine, University of Edinburgh and honorary fellow of the School of Law; born in Lahore, India (now Pakistan); after serving in the Second World War as squadron medical officer in the Royal Air Force, Ken Mason's first career culminated in his promotion to group captain and director of the Royal Air Force's aviation and forensic pathology department; he was at the forefront of aviation medicine for many years; his second career was as regius professor of forensic medicine at the University of Edinburgh (1973-1985); Ken's third career was as an honorary fellow in Edinburgh Law School (1985-2017); here he carved out a new field of inquiry--medical jurisprudence--that required considerable sensitivity in addressing controversial topics at the edges of medicine, law and ethics)
Associated language	eng