Eric D'Ath

{{Short description|New Zealand pathologist}}

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| birth_name = Eric Frederick D'Ath

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1897|03|25|df=y}}

| birth_place = Patea, New Zealand

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1979|06|18|1897|03|25|df=y}}

| death_place = Dunedin, New Zealand

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| alma_mater = University of Otago

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| discipline = Pathology

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Eric Frederick D'Ath {{post-nominals|country=NZL|CBE|size=85%}} (25 March 1897 – 18 June 1979) was a New Zealand pathologist, and was professor of pathology and medical jurisprudence at the University of Otago from 1929 until 1962.{{cite journal |year=1980 |title=Obituary: Eric Frederick D'Ath, 1897–1979 |journal=Pathology |volume=12 |issue=2 |pages=324–326 |doi=10.3109/00313028009060088 }}

In the 1965 Queen's Birthday Honours, D'Ath was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire, in recognition of his services as professor of pathology and medical jurisprudence at the University of Otago.{{London Gazette |issue=43669 |date=12 June 1965 |page=5514 |supp=3}} In 1975, he was conferred an honorary Doctor of Science degree by the University of Otago.{{cite book |title=University of Otago Calendar |chapter-url=https://www.otago.ac.nz/study/otago701047.pdf |publisher=University of Otago |accessdate=21 July 2019 | year=2019 | chapter=Honorary graduates | page=119}}