Edmund Tapp

bmj;379/nov04_7/o2629/FAF1faEdmund Tapp (“Eddie”) worked in training posts in Liverpool and Manchester and was appointed consultant pathologist to the Preston and District Health Authority in 1976. Additionally he acted as Home Office pathologist for Lancashire and Cumbria from 1986.During his career Eddie published numerous scientific papers, but his work in palaeopathology will be best remembered for his performing televised autopsies on Egyptian mummies, and for his professional involvement in the “Lady in the Lake” case.He retired to Worcestershire in 1999 and continued to work as a local Home Office pathologist for 10 years. In retirement he proved a genial host and enjoyed golf and bowls.Predeceased by his wife, Joan, he leaves a son, a daughter, and three grandchildren.
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