Roy Duckworth CBE (1929–2020), dental and medical dean and oral pathologist, and his son, Stephen Duckworth OBE FKC, adjunct professor of bioengineering
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Professor Roy Duckworth was Professor of Oral Pathology at the London Hospital. He became Dean of Dentistry and then of the whole medical school. Roy was also Dean of the Faculty of Dental Surgery at the Royal College of Surgeons of England. His major early research was on fluorides. Professor Stephen Duckworth was the youngest principal researcher to publish a paper in the British Dental Journal at the age of 18 years and then to give an oral presentation on his research project relating to fluoride in tea. He was paralysed from rugby while a medical student. He did qualify but the General Medical Council refused to register him as a doctor. Nevertheless, Stephen went on to gain postgraduate degrees and became an Adjunct Professor of Bioengineering. He presented a Bradlaw Oration at the Royal College of Surgeons and was awarded an honorary FDS.