John Kenyon Mason, known as Ken Mason (1919 to 2017), was a British legal scholar who served as a Royal Air Force medical officer specializing in aviation pathology before becoming Regius Professor of Forensic Medicine at the University of Edinburgh from 1973 to 1985. He co-authored the widely used textbook Law and Medical Ethics with Alexander McCall Smith, first published in 1983 and still in print through a twelfth edition decades later, alongside works including Medico-legal Aspects of Reproduction and Parenthood and Forensic Medicine for Lawyers. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1995, and colleagues credited him with helping establish medical jurisprudence as a recognized field.
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RoleLegal Scholar and Jurist 1 Nationality / Jurisdiction Place of Death Role
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How did Ken Mason help create the field of medical jurisprudence?
He pioneered it at Edinburgh Law School with Alexander McCall Smith.
He pioneered it in the School of Law at the University of Edinburgh, working with his colleague and friend Alexander McCall Smith from the late 1970s.
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occupation/position claim resolves to: Legal Scholar and Jurist
Wikidata Q16084550, P27 country of citizenship claim
P27 (country of citizenship): United Kingdom
Wikidata Q16084550, P569 date of birth claim (year)
P569 (date of birth): 1919
Wikidata Q16084550, P569 date of birth claim (full date)
P569 (date of birth): 1919-12-19
Wikidata Q16084550, P570 date of death claim (year)
P570 (date of death): 2017
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P570 (date of death): 2017-01-26
Wikidata Q16084550, P19 place of birth claim
P19 (place of birth): Lahore
Wikidata Q16084550, P20 place of death claim
P20 (place of death): Edinburgh
Wikidata Q16084550, P1477 birth name claim
P1477 (birth name): John Kenyon French Mason
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