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Henry Bedson,
MD, MRCP
Henry Bedson[1]
Born(1929-09-29)29 September 1929
Died6 September 1978(1978-09-06) (aged 48)
Birmingham
Cause of deathSuicide
Education
  • Brighton, Hove and Sussex Grammar School
  • London Hospital Medical College
Medical career
InstitutionsUniversity of Liverpool University of Birmingham
Sub-specialtiesVirology

Henry Samuel Bedson, MD, MRCP (29 September 1929 – 6 September 1978), was a British virologist and head of the Department of Medical Microbiology at Birmingham Medical School, where his research focused on smallpox and monkeypox virus.

Bedson was head of the smallpox laboratory at Birmingham when Janet Parker, a photographer working above the laboratory, contracted smallpox and died.

Bedson died on 6 September 1978, five days after being discovered with self-inflicted wounds to his throat.

  1. ^ "The Lonely Death of Janet Parker". janetparker.birminghamlive.co.uk. Retrieved 19 June 2021.

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