David Weatherall
physician and academic (1933-2018)
Sir David John Weatherall, GBE, FRS (9 March 1933 – 8 December 2018) was a British physician and researcher in molecular genetics, haematology, pathology and clinical medicine.[1] In 1974 Weatherall was appointed Nuffield Professor of Clinical Medicine at the University of Oxford, and, in 1992, he assumed the most prestigious chair, that of Regius Professor of Medicine, which he held until 2000.
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He was knighted in 1987 and appointed Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE) in the 2017 Birthday Honours for services to medicine. He was elected a member of the Academia Europaea in 1988.[2]
Weatherall died on 8 December 2018 in Oxford, England at the age of 85.[3]
References
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- ↑ "David Weatherall". Academia Europaea. Archived from the original on 28 March 2019.
- ↑ Professor Sir David Wetherall obituary: 'iconic' scientist dies
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