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Robin Anthony Jeffrey Eady MBE FMedSci [1] (29 November 1940 - 2 August 2017) was a British dermatologist and the world's longest surviving kidney patient after receiving dialysis from the 1960s. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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References

  1. "Professor Robin Eady awarded MBE - The History of Modern Biomedicine". www.histmodbiomed.org.
  2. "Professor Robin Eady". The Times . 9 August 2023.
  3. "Robin Eady's Obituary on The Times". The Times via www.legacy.com.
  4. "EdRen - Edinburgh Royal Infirmary Renal Unit - Contemporary accounts". www.edren.org.
  5. "Remembering Professor Robin Eady (1940 - 2017) - DEBRA News - DEBRA". www.debra.org.uk. 8 August 2023.
  6. "Professor Robin Eady - The Academy of Medical Sciences". acmedsci.ac.uk.