Sir Martin Roth (6 November 1917, Budapest – 26 September 2006, Cambridge) was a British psychiatrist. He was Professor of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, 1977–85, then Professor Emeritus, and was a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge from 1977. He was one of the pioneers in developing Psychogeriatrics as a subspecialty. Roth was also a trustee of the Schizophrenia Research Fund, a charity founded by Miriam Rothschild. He is buried in Cambridge City Cemetery. Early life Roth was born in Budapest, Austria-Hungary, on 6 November 1917. He was the son of a synagogue cantor. Honours Martin Roth was knighted in the 1972 New Year Honours List. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 1996. References 1917 births 2006 deaths Knights Bachelor Fellows of the Royal Society Fellows of Trinity College, Cambridge Hungarian Jews Jewish scientists British psychiatrists Physicians from Budapest Hungarian emigrants to the United Kingdom Naturalised citizens of the United Kingdom Burials at the Cambridge City Cemetery Jewish psychiatrists