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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Lock, Stephen

Titel

OBITUARIES: Tony Smith

Ist Teil von

• BMJ. British medical journal (International ed.), 2009-03, Vol.338 (7695), p.659

Auflage

International edition

Ort / Verlag

London: BMJ Publishing Group

Erscheinungsjahr

2009

Quelle

Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts (ASSIA)

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Lock presents an obituary for former deputy editor Anthony John Smith, who died on June 5, 2008. Smith was a natural choice for assistant editor at the British Medical Journal (BMJ) in October 1965, given his experience in editing the London Hospital journal and freelance work. He never wanted any credit for his achievements. Behind the scenes he championed signed editorials; statistical evaluation of articles; and a selection committee for papers, copying the Royal Academy by naming it the "hanging committee." He was the first Minerva, transforming the page into one of the BMJ's most imitated features, and throughout his career he could rapidly skim an arcane article in an obscure journal and render its message in four lines.