What is Edward Shotter?
{{Infobox Christian leader | name = Edward Frank Shotter | caption = Shotter in December 2016 | image = Edward Shotter (2016).jpg | birth_date = 29 June 1933 | death_date = {{death date and age |2019|July|03 |1933|June|29 |df=yes}} }} '''Edward Frank Shotter''' (29 June 1933 &ndash; 3 July 2019) was an [[Anglican]] [[priest]] and author.<ref>Among other books, he has written or edited ''Matters of Life and Death'' (1970); ''Life Before Birth'' (1986); and ''The Saints of Rochester'' (2003).</ref> He is most notable for starting the London Medical Group in the mid-1960s. This was a forum for the discussion of the [[Ethics|ethical]] issues of medicine. He went on to enable the establishment of similar groups in other UK medical schools, and in the 1970s both to found the ''Journal of Medical Ethics'', today among the most widely read and cited in its field, and the [[Institute of Medical Ethics]], which today coordinates and supports teaching, learning and research in medical ethics nationwide. From 1966 to 1989 he was Director of Studies at the [[London Medical Group]] when he was appointed [[Dean of Rochester]], a post he held until retirement in 2003.<ref>''Debrett's People of Today London'', 2008 [[Debrett's]], {{ISBN|978-1-870520-95-9}}</ref> Shotter died on 3 July 2019, four days after his 86th birthday.<ref>[https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thetimes-uk/obituary.aspx?n=edward-shotter&pid=193415960 Edward Shotter]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Shotter, Edward Frank}} [[Category:1933 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:Church of England clergy]] [[Category:English writers]] {{bio-stub}}