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Biography

The following details are taken from Ashby's own notes, made about 1970.

Education.

Edinburgh Academy, Scotland.  1917-1921.

Sidney Sussex, Cambridge, England 1921-1924.

St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London.  1924-1928.

Degrees.

    B.A. Cambridge, 1924.

    M.B. B.Ch. Cambridge, 1928.

    Diploma in Psychological Medicine, 1930.

    M.A., M.D. Cambridge, 1935.

    F.R.C. Psychiatry, 1971.

Appointments.

1930-1936, Clinical Psychiatrist, London County Council.

1936-1947, Research Pathologist, St Andrews Hospital, Northampton, England.

  -  1945-1947, Major, Royal Army Medical Corps. India.

1947-1959, Director of Research, Barnwood House Hospital, Gloucester, England.

1959-1960, Director, Burden Neurological Institute, Bristol, England.

1961-1970, Professor, Depts. of Biophysics and Electrical Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, U.S.A.