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Edward Charles Arden Bott (7 September 1924 - 1 April 2005) was a British physician.

Life

He studied at Harrow School, Trinity Hall, Cambridge and St Thomas's Hospital Medical School. On qualifying he served on Cyprus during his national service before returning to take his MRCP at St Thomas's, joining Roger Bevan's general practice in central London and in 1955 succeeding Bevan as Westminster School's medical officer. Time as John Richardson's personal physician between qualifying and Cyprus led to close contact with the security services and politicians, as well as becoming Chief Medical Officer of the Metropolitan Police from 1977 to 1992, at the end of which role he was appointed a CBE.

References

1. ^ "Edward Charles Arden Bott | RCP Museum". history.rcp.ac.uk.
2. Norman Fairfax, From Quills to Computers - The History of the Metropolitan Police Civil Staff 1829-1979, page 118
3. "PubMed Central entry".

• 1924 births
• 2005 deaths
• 20th-century British medical doctors
• People educated at Harrow School
• Alumni of Trinity Hall, Cambridge
• Alumni of St Thomas's Hospital Medical School
• Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
• Chief Surgeons of the Metropolitan Police