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Professor Bernard Knight, CBE
CBE

CBE and C.B.E. are abbreviations for Commander of the British Empire, a grade in the Order of the British Empire.Other uses include:* Calgary Board of Education, public school board for the city of Calgary, Alberta...
, (born 1931) became a Home Office
Home Office

The Home Office is the United Kingdom government department responsible for immigration control, security and order. As such it is responsible for the police, United Kingdom Borders Agency and MI5....
 pathologist
Pathology

Pathology is the study and diagnosis of disease through examination of Organ , tissue , bodily fluids and whole bodies . The term also encompasses the related science study of disease processes, called General pathology....
 in 1965 and was appointed Professor of Forensic Pathology
Forensic pathology

is a branch of Pathology concerned with determining the cause of death by examination of a cadaver. The autopsy is performed by the pathologist at the request of a coroner usually during the investigation of criminal law cases and Civil law cases in some jurisdictions....
, University of Wales College of Medicine
University of Wales College of Medicine

The University of Wales College of Medicine was a medical school based in the University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, that formed a part of the University of Wales....
, in 1980. He has been writing since before 1963, when his first crime novel was published. Since then, he has written about thirty books, including contemporary crime fiction, historical novels about Wales, biography, non-fiction popular works on forensic medicine, twelve medico-legal textbooks and the Crowner John Mysteries
Crowner John Mysteries

The Crowner John Mysteries are a series of novels by Bernard Knight following the fictional life of one Sir John de Wolfe, a former Crusading Knight appointed to the office of Keeper of the Pleas of the King's Crown i.e....
 series of 12th-century historical mysteries.

In addition, he has written scripts for radio and television dramas and documentaries, including the forensic series The Expert
The Expert

The Expert is a British television series produced by the BBC between 1968 and 1976.The series starred Marius Goring as Dr. John Hardy, a pathologist working for the Home Office and was essentially a police procedural drama, with Hardy bringing his forensic knowledge to solve various cases....
 starring Marius Goring
Marius Goring

Marius Goring Order of the British Empire was an English people theatre and film actor. He is most often remembered for the four films he did with Powell and Pressburger, particularly as Conductor 71 in A Matter of Life and Death and as Julian Craster in The Red Shoes ....
, in the 1970s.






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Professor Bernard Knight, CBE
CBE

CBE and C.B.E. are abbreviations for Commander of the British Empire, a grade in the Order of the British Empire.Other uses include:* Calgary Board of Education, public school board for the city of Calgary, Alberta...
, (born 1931) became a Home Office
Home Office

The Home Office is the United Kingdom government department responsible for immigration control, security and order. As such it is responsible for the police, United Kingdom Borders Agency and MI5....
 pathologist
Pathology

Pathology is the study and diagnosis of disease through examination of Organ , tissue , bodily fluids and whole bodies . The term also encompasses the related science study of disease processes, called General pathology....
 in 1965 and was appointed Professor of Forensic Pathology
Forensic pathology

is a branch of Pathology concerned with determining the cause of death by examination of a cadaver. The autopsy is performed by the pathologist at the request of a coroner usually during the investigation of criminal law cases and Civil law cases in some jurisdictions....
, University of Wales College of Medicine
University of Wales College of Medicine

The University of Wales College of Medicine was a medical school based in the University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, that formed a part of the University of Wales....
, in 1980. He has been writing since before 1963, when his first crime novel was published. Since then, he has written about thirty books, including contemporary crime fiction, historical novels about Wales, biography, non-fiction popular works on forensic medicine, twelve medico-legal textbooks and the Crowner John Mysteries
Crowner John Mysteries

The Crowner John Mysteries are a series of novels by Bernard Knight following the fictional life of one Sir John de Wolfe, a former Crusading Knight appointed to the office of Keeper of the Pleas of the King's Crown i.e....
 series of 12th-century historical mysteries.

In addition, he has written scripts for radio and television dramas and documentaries, including the forensic series The Expert
The Expert

The Expert is a British television series produced by the BBC between 1968 and 1976.The series starred Marius Goring as Dr. John Hardy, a pathologist working for the Home Office and was essentially a police procedural drama, with Hardy bringing his forensic knowledge to solve various cases....
 starring Marius Goring
Marius Goring

Marius Goring Order of the British Empire was an English people theatre and film actor. He is most often remembered for the four films he did with Powell and Pressburger, particularly as Conductor 71 in A Matter of Life and Death and as Julian Craster in The Red Shoes ....
, in the 1970s. He has contributed to many other textbooks and has edited several medical journals - he was Managing Editor of Elsevier's Forensic Science International, the leading international publication in the field.

Currently, he is a founder member of The Medieval Murderers, a select group of historical crime-writers within the Crime Writers' Association, who give presentations at literary festivals, libraries and bookshops, to promote their work amongst the public. He is also one of the non-fiction judges for the annual 'Dagger' Awards of the Crime Writers' Association and a regular reviewer of crime books for the Internet site .

He was born and lives in Cardiff
Cardiff

Cardiff is the Capital , largest city and most populous Unitary authority#Wales in Wales. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for many national cultural and sport institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of Welsh Assembly Government ....
 and as well as being a doctor, he qualified as a barrister and was awarded the CBE in 1993 for services to forensic medicine. In the 1950s, he served as a Regular Army medical officer in Malaya during the terrorist campaign, in a military hospital which he compares with 'MASH'.

Novels

  • Crowner John Mysteries
    Crowner John Mysteries

    The Crowner John Mysteries are a series of novels by Bernard Knight following the fictional life of one Sir John de Wolfe, a former Crusading Knight appointed to the office of Keeper of the Pleas of the King's Crown i.e....
  • Brennan (2003)
  • Lion Rampant (2004)


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