Gordon Hobday

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Sir Gordon Ivan Hobday (born 1916) is a distinguished scientist, who worked on penicillin with Alexander Fleming, and is noted especially for his role as director of the Boots research team that developed ibuprofen. He later went on to become Chairman of Boots.

He was the 4th Chancellor of the University of Nottingham, of which university he was a graduate. He was Lord Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire 1983–1991.


Academic offices
Preceded by
Sir Francis Hill
Chancellor of the University of Nottingham
1978–1993
Succeeded by
Ronald Dearing, Baron Dearing
Honorary titles
Preceded by
Philip Francklin
Lord Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire
1983–1991
Succeeded by
Sir Andrew Buchanan, Bt