1. Anthony Ward Clare was an Irish psychiatrist and a presenter of radio and television programmes.
10 Facts About Anthony Clare
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Anthony Clare was the presenter of the radio series In the Psychiatrist's Chair, an interview and discussion show, which aired on BBC Radio 4.
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Anthony Clare read medicine at University College Dublin, where he was an auditor of the Literary and Historical Society, and graduated in 1966.
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Anthony Clare held a doctorate in medicine and a master's degree in philosophy, and was a fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
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Author of several popular books on psychiatry, Anthony Clare held the positions of Professor and Head of Department of Psychological Medicine at St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at Trinity College Dublin and Medical Director of St Patrick's Hospital, Dublin.
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At the time of his death, Anthony Clare was serving as Consultant General Adult Psychiatrist at St Edmundsbury Hospital in Lucan, County Dublin.
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Anthony Clare was for many years the voice of the BBC popular science programme QED.
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Anthony Clare became famous for his probing interviews on radio and television with well-known figures such as Bob Monkhouse and Paddy Ashdown in several series of In the Psychiatrist's Chair, which ran from 1982.
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Anthony Clare married Jane Hogan in 1966 and they had seven children together.
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Anthony Clare was due to retire from his post as Consultant General Adult Psychiatrist at St Edmundsbury Hospital in Lucan, County Dublin when he died suddenly of a heart attack in Paris at the age of 64.